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$GEVO What role can biofuels play in the low-carbon economy?

Biofuels can play a significant role for reducing carbon intensity in transportation, provided the politics and/or economics don’t derail their viability. Those hurdles are significant. No. US federal policies currently focus broadly on decarbonisation of transportation fuels. And the politics make it unlikely in the next few years at least. On the other hand, the state of California could spur progress by its size and its influence with other US states committed to carbon reduction. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard ostensibly favours low-carbon biofuels over petroleum or other higher-carbon pathways, including less efficient biofuels. But there is a big caveat. California’s waiver to set more aggressive fuel economy standards and continued commitment to decarbonisation have, to date, nonetheless frozen biofuels from the long-term light-duty transportation agenda in favour of all-electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies. Unless regulators accept that--for both practical and economic reasons - liquid fuels will dominate the roadways for decades to come, biofuels will struggle to gain a substantial foothold for the long term. http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/12700/biofuels_international_2017_qa_session_with_fuel_freedom_foundations_robin_vercruse/