Biden Administration to Spend $450 Million on Higher-Blend Biofuels, www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/biden-administration-spend-450-million-higher-blend-biofuels-2023-06-26/ . Accessed 21 Jan. 2024. 

The US Department of Agriculture spends 45 millions dollars in order to expand the production and availability of high end biofuels. The Biden administration views low emission biofuels as the most critical path to take in order to decarbonize transportation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has targeted their aid for the federal program in order to mix refined biofuels more with the nation’s fuel mix. The funding for thai stems from the Inflation Reduction Act and will go to the USDA’s higher blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, this is a cost share program for facilities that make infrastructure that supports biofuel blending and their distribution. This is in order for America to no longer derive their fuel from other countries and be able to provide for their own. They plan to follow Corn-derived ethanol in order to do so, as it shows that it has the possibility of cutting 52% of greenhouse gas emissions. 

In order to make progress with the climate crisis we have to make biofuels more accessible. The funding to facilities that aid biofuels accessibility will hopefully make a dent with decarbonizing transportation. The use of gas driven cars has caused critical damage to the environment, and with driving becoming more and more common it has only worsened the effect. The change to corn-derived ethanol will hopefully work as corn is a common crop that is farmed in exponential amounts; although it does have its setbacks. The farming for corn uses a lot of carbon emissions, and if we plan to use more corn for fuel it’ll only worsen that effect. I believe we should only use corn as a stepping stone to reaching higher achievements with biofuel, and to no longer perpetuate the excessive use of corn in farms.