Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds that— continued increases in new automobile efficiency are needed to improve consumer welfare and reduce carbon emissions; the widespread availability of low-carbon, high-octane fuel will allow continued cost-effective improvements in automobile efficiency by enabling increased engine compression ratios; high-octane automobiles and low-carbon fuels are readily available to consumers at little incremental cost; ethanol is a cost-effective and low-carbon octane enhancer; the widespread adoption of climate-smart practices and precision technologies by United States corn producers over the past decade have further reduced the carbon intensity of conventional ethanol; on average, ethanol has been estimated to have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are 46 percent lower than average gasoline, with some corn ethanol achieving a 61-percent reduction compared to gasoline; and ethanol has one of the highest blending octane values available in the marketplace.