As part of President George W. Bush ‘s Twenty in Ten Initiative, which aims to reduce gasoline consumption in the United States up to 20 percent in the next ten years, the Bush administration’s Alternative Fuel Standard (AFS ) requiring the company to use including car manufacturer, on 35000000000 gallons of renewable and alternative fuels in 2017.
In relation to this, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the country first comprehensive Renewable Fuel Standard Initiative. The RFS program was presented to the public during a press conference recently in the last 10th April 2007, conducted by EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin (NHTSA), together with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Here’s what others have to say the officials of the three authorities.
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman:
“Increasing the use of renewable and alternative fuels to power our nation to help vehicles President’s Twenty is in Ten goal of reducing gasoline consumption by 20 percent in ten years. Sustained engagement of the administration with the technology investment a variety of alternative energy sources bring to market and further reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign energy sources. “
Meanwhile, Nicole R. Nason, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety said administration: “While we must look at increasing the availability of renewable and alternative fuels, we must also improve further the fuel efficiency of our passenger cars and light trucks. As a part of the President’s “20 in 10″ energy security plan, we need Congress, the Secretary of Transportation the authority to give the current passenger car fuel economy standard reform. “
The main objective of the program is to RFS found the use of alternative fuels like ethanol and biodiesel, which can promote produced abundantly from agricultural crops throughout the United States as corn, soya, sugar cane and other vegetables. Some of the initiatives, requirements and other objectives of the RFS program include: motor vehicles in the U.S. are sold by 2012 should, “Run” about 7 5000000000 gallons of renewable fuel with conventional fuels (like diesel or gasoline mixed), the use of petroleum-based fuel to reduce up to third 9000000000 gallons; reducing harmful emissions and greenhouse gases by 13 to reduce 1 million tons by 2012 and fuel usage of around 20 percent for the next ten years.
implemented with the RFS program, we could model a jeep with quality jeep steering damper that runs on ethanol or biodiesel.