What You Need to Know . . .

about the Transportation Fuel Supply System and Markets.

Understanding the gasoline and diesel supply system along with a bit of the RFS helps explain how the point of obligation has distorted, even corrupted, the transportation fuel supply system in favor of Big Oil and large marketing chains while harming biofuel producers, farmers, merchant and small refiners and mom-and-pop small retailers.

This post is a simplified explanation of that environment adequate to this purpose. Read more “What You Need to Know . . .” →

Why mess with it?

Deep down inside, I suppose, like almost any other blogger, I am driven to communicate my ideas and experiences publicly, get others’ reactions, and, perhaps, even affect the public conversation about two public policy issues. In other words, my ego made me do it.

I am focusing on the Renewable Fuel Standard Point of Obligation because Read more “Why mess with it?” →