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Kansas Liberty: 22 April 2009
Bill would require 50 percent of new cars to run on alternative fuels
Brownback backs Open Fuels Standards Act
Republican Sen. Sam Brownback today endorsed the introduction of legislation that would require 50 percent of new cars to have the capability to operate on gasoline, ethanol and methanol or diesel or biodiesel.
The Open Fuel Standards Act would be set in motion 2012, and by 2015 the required percentage of flex fuel vehicles would be increased to 80 percent.
“The Open Fuel Standards Act is an important step toward making our nation energy independent," said Brownback in a statement. "Giving drivers more choices at the gas pump will ultimately increase the supply of available transportation fuels, while at the same time lowering the overall cost to consumers."
Brownback is cosponsoring the bill and serves as the ranking minority member on the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
State Rep. Larry Powell, R-Garden City, and chair of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, said he had some concerns with the legislation placing additional government regulations on citizens.
“I don’t think we should be mandating what people drive or what fuel people use,” Powell told Kansas Liberty. “We should instead support more of a free market, and stop having all of these government mandates."
Resources
- Brownback statement: http://brownback.senate.gov/public/press/record.cfm?id=311804
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