Policies to promote ethanol consumption were implemented on both the federal and state levels during the past decade. Several new biofuel incentives and regulations are expected to be enacted in the near future. Understanding current ethanol consumption is an important first step in assessing...

The American public realizes the growing scarcity of petroleum and the desirability of the development of alternative fuels. In 2005 and 2007, the U.S. Congress passed laws that aim to promote the consumption of renewable biofuels. The Environmental Protection Agency then designed the Renewable...