Richard Ha writes:
Friday’s New York Times article Court Overturns E.P.A.’s Biofuels Mandate is very interesting.
Even more reason for the PUC to set aside the Big Island’s Aina Koa Pono biofuels project!
From the New York Times:
Published: January 25, 2013
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court threw out a federal rule on renewable fuels on Friday, saying that a quota set by the Environmental Protection Agency for incorporating liquids made from woody crops and wastes into car and truck fuels was based on wishful thinking rather than realistic estimates of what could be achieved.
But actual production has been near zero.
While the mandate springs from a 2007 act of Congress meant to promote advanced biofuels to run cars and trucks, “we are not convinced that Congress meant for E.P.A. to let that intent color its work as a predictor, to
let the wish be father to the thought,” the court wrote….