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Welcome to the 8 th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit . January 28, 2014. Steve Bleyl , President - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association . ADVOCACY:. The act of pleading for, supporting or recommending. . ADVOCATE:.
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Welcome to the 8th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit January 28, 2014 Steve Bleyl, President - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association
ADVOCACY: The act of pleading for, supporting or recommending. ADVOCATE: A person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc.
Oklahoma Refineries • ConocoPhillips – Ponca City, OK • Holly Corp Refining – Tulsa, OK • Sinclair Tulsa Refining – Tulsa, OK • Valero – Ardmore, OK • Wynnewood Refining – Wynnewood, OK
Where Iowa Rates on Ethanol Blending – 2012 Data Pennsylvania – 8.1% Utah – 7.9% Idaho – 7.6% New Mexico – 7.6% Colorado – 7.4% Wyoming – 7.4% Nebraska – 7.3% Alabama – 7.2% Missouri – 7.1% Iowa – 6.3%
Where Iowa Rates on Ethanol Blending – 2012 Data Pennsylvania – 8.1% Utah – 7.9% Idaho – 7.6% New Mexico – 7.6% Colorado – 7.4% Wyoming – 7.4% Nebraska – 7.3% Alabama – 7.2% Missouri – 7.1% Iowa – 6.3%
Where Iowa Rates on Ethanol Blending – 2012 Data Pennsylvania – 8.1% Iowa - 8.1% Utah – 7.9% Idaho – 7.6% New Mexico – 7.6% Colorado – 7.4% Wyoming – 7.4% Nebraska – 7.3% Alabama – 7.2% Missouri – 7.1% Iowa – 6.3%
Should a biofuels advocate be optimistic? • 2014 Exports (100MM gallons in January?) • Blending potential • February 2014 to January 2015 Ethanol to Gas • -$1.0026 • Volume potential in Iowa • 1.4 billion gallons of fuel annually • Energy independence 1.1 billion gallons of ethanol
What is an advocate to do? • Request higher blends of ethanol! • Buy Flex Fuel Cars • Write to you retailer you buy from • Believe in the fuels • Buy the fuels • Support those that support our views • BE AN ADVOCATE!
THANK YOU! Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit January 28, 2014 Steve Bleyl, President - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association