EPA cannot fine companies for not complying with impossible regulations

[Quantum Windbag]

Why did this go to court at all? Could it be because the government never gets anything right?

A federal appeals court tossed out the Environmental Protection Agency’s mandates for cellulosic biofuels under the Renewable Fuels Standard, saying the agency erred in its overly optimistic projections for the new energy source.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the oil industry, saying that EPA rules for cellulosic biofuels were wrong, but it upheld the agency’s refusal to lower the overall volume of advanced biofuels set in the 2012 RFS in a ruling Friday in American Petroleum Institute v. EPA.

EPA sets renewable fuel projections every year that establish the volumes that refiners, importers and blenders must use. For what they don’t — or can’t — buy, industry must purchase credits.
But EPA’s projections for cellulosic biofuels have been wildly off course for several years. The agency predicted production volumes of 5 million gallons, 6.6 million gallons and 8.7 million gallons in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. In reality, no cellulosic biofuels were produced in the U.S. in 2010 and 2011, and only 20,069 gallons were produced in 2012, according to EPA data. All of that was exported, according to the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.

Court: EPA?s unrealistic biofuel goal hurt refiners - Erica Martinson - POLITICO.com

 

[Mr. H.]

Gotta love this "cart before the horse" administration.

 

[Jroc]

Gotta love this "cart before the horse" administration.

They live in a fantasy world that doesn’t exist