Hat Chat

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comments on the request to increase the amount of ethanol in the US gasoline supply. Currently about 70% of the nation’s gasoline has 10% ethanol in it. The ethanol industry has requested the EPA increase that level to 15%. Greg Noble, manager of the POET biorefining plant in Jay County, told HAT this move would bring jobs and income to Indiana, “Nationally it will produce about 135,000 new jobs and pump $24 billion into the economy. Here in Indiana the move from 10% to 15% will put $607 million into the economy and create 3,400 new jobs.” He stressed these would be “green” jobs that could not be outsourced overseas.

Listen to the interview with Grebb Noble

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