The NYT is reporting that transportation fuel companies paid an estimated $6.8 million last year in penalties for failing to blend a special type of biofuel that doesn't even exist: "Penalizing the fuel suppliers demonstrates what happens when the federal government really, really wants something that technology is not ready to provide. In fact, while it may seem harsh that the Environmental Protection Agency is penalizing them for failing to do the impossible, the agency is being lenient by the standards of the law, the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act."
That can't be right, can it?