According to the governments top energy forecasting agency the United States will be well below the biofuel mandate regarding the uncertain development of fuels made from grass and wood. The main risk at play is the development of cellulosic biofuels technology says the Energy Information’s Administration head. The worlds largest producer of ethanol, the United States will only transform about 30 billion gallons of ethanol fuels into gasoline by 2022; falling short 17 percent of the U.S. mandate.

A spokesman for the ethanol industry group, Renewable Fuels Association, said that the research in cellulosic production can actually help the United States meet the standards of this mandate. The former Governor of Iowa, the countries largest ethanol producer, and the President-elect’s choice for agriculture secretary, recommends phasing out subsides for corn-based ethanol and reducing tariffs on Brazil’s sugar cane ethanol.

Taking in consideration that four barrels of oil are consumed for every one barrel found, the ambition towards the ethanol world is unquestionable. The current ethanol limitation in gasoline is ten percent, while any special cars, flex-fuel cars, can contain almost 90 percent ethanol. The ethanol capacity in the United States is too high so distillation is not very profitable. The nations capacity to make ethanol is slightly more than this years mandate for to introduce 11 billion gallons of biofuel to gasoline.