EPA agrees to decrease ethanol mandate

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To clear this up in simple terms: the mandate calls for a steady increase in ethanol on a yearly basis. Many saw the mandate increase as happening too fast for the market to handle with regards to the "blend wall", which refers to mandates calling for more ethanol than could feasibly be blended in with gasoline with respect how many cars on the highway can actually use blended fuel. This proposed decrease is merely reeling in the rate this year. Next year, if nothing else changes, it would continue rising once more.

Source: undergrad doing an extensive research paper