Twenty-nine members of the House of Representatives from corn-belt states addressed a letter to the White House on April 1st urging wider adoption of renewable biofuels.  The principal request was to reinstate year-round availability of E15 through the mechanism of an emergency wavier.

The leader of the group, Representative Angie Craig (D-MN) noted, "biofuels including E15 are selling for more than fifty cents less per gallon at the pump in some areas of the country compared to lower blends".

The April initiative by the Congressional Group supports the previous request for year-round sale of E15 submitted by Growth Energy representing farm and biofuel refiners. The problem with E15 is that only a small proportion of gasoline-powered vehicles can use higher than an E10 blend. At the end of the day the wider use of E15 will be deleterious to the environment and will not save much money since the dilution of gasoline with an additional five percent ethanol will reduce the number of miles travelled per gallon of fuel, requiring proportionately more frequent visits to the pump.

It is apparent that the Congressional proponents of biofuels have changed their justification from non-reliance on imported energy to reducing cost to consumers, obviously a manifestation of the adage "never waste a good war".