Bob Turner on Energy & Oil

Keystone XL pipeline & hydrofracking are key energy sources

Opposes cap-and-trade

A: Yes.

Require 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018.

Congressional Summary: Requires each automobile manufacturer's annual covered inventory to comprise at least:

1. 50% fuel choice-enabling vehicles in model years 2015-2017, and
2. 80% fuel choice-enabling vehicles in model year 2018 and each subsequent model year.

Defines "fuel choice-enabling vehicle" to mean an automobile warranted by its manufacturer to be capable of operating on:

1. an advanced alternative fuel blend, if certified for its use, or a mixture of at least 85% denatured ethanol and gasoline or drop-in fuel, if not yet certified; or
2. natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, a hybrid electric engine, a mixture biodiesel and diesel fuel, or other fuel containing not more than 10% petroleum.

Opponent's Comments (Detroit News June 14 2011): The major automakers oppose a bill that would require nearly all vehicles to be capable of running on mostly biofuels. It would cost consumers more than a billion dollars annually. The bill effectively imposes a tax on consumers regardless of consumer demand and fuel availability.