Ethanol expert and industry leader shoots from the hip about why the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is critical to America's independence from foreign oil

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, USA, November 20, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Bobby Likis, automotive expert and host of nationally syndicated car-talk program “Bobby Likis Car Clinic,” shares the mic with Neil Koehler, Co-Founder, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Ethanol, on Saturday, November 21, 2015, at 11:41a ET.

Koehler’s passion for ethanol as a solution for independence on foreign oil germinated in the 1980s on the heels of the Iran hostage crisis and on our nation’s growing concern over energy security. After graduating with a B.A. in Government and holding a subsequent position with the Department of Agriculture developing an on-farm ethanol program, Koehler’s fervent commitment to energy independence and environmental preservation merged into a passionate life’s work.

This Saturday, Koehler will brief Car Clinic listeners and viewers on the actions required to make strides in energy independence, including the importance of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalizing the rule for the renewable volume obligations of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), set for November 30.

Says Koehler, “The ethanol industry gets tarred and feathered by a multimillion dollar Big Oil propaganda machine that is constantly saying things about ethanol that are, frankly, just false. We’ve dispelled the myths a million times, but they just keep coming back.” He underscores, “People ask why our industry needs the RFS, and I can tell you why: because – without the RFS - oil has 100 percent market share, and consumers don’t have a choice at the pump.”

Likis remarks, “It’s my job as consumers’ go-to source for truth-based automotive information to deliver the facts to you, so you can make best-of-decisions. Neil Koehler will tell it like it is regarding the RFS.”

To view Koehler’s interview in its entirety, visit WatchBobbyLive.com on Saturday, November 21, at 10:41a ET.

About Bobby Likis Car Clinic and the Car Clinic Network:

Bobby Likis Car Clinic is the largest car-talk program/network on commercial radio, multiple web audiocasts, live video streaming webcast, podcasts (including iTunes), iPhone, chat room, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, American Forces Radio Network & television. Car Clinic can be heard and seen in high-definition video on Saturdays, 10a-12n ET, live at WatchBobbyLive.com, on Facebook.com/BobbyLikis and on YouTube.com/BobbyLikis. Host Bobby Likis is the only car-talk host on commercial multi-media platforms named for five consecutive years to the “Talkers 250,” the prestigious list of the top 250 talk-show hosts in America. Likis also owns and operates a 15,000sf automotive service center, whose awards include “Best Automotive Service Shop,” “Best Oil Change,” and most recently, “Best Reputation in Automotive Service.”

About Pacific Ethanol, Inc.:

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (PEIX) is the leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States. With the addition of four Midwestern ethanol plants in July 2015, Pacific Ethanol more than doubled the scale of its operations, entered new markets, and expanded its mission to be the industry leader in the production and marketing of low carbon renewable fuels. Pacific Ethanol owns and operates eight ethanol production facilities, four in the Western states of California, Oregon and Idaho, and four in the Midwestern states of Illinois and Nebraska. The plants have a combined production capacity of 515 million gallons per year, produce over one million tons per year of ethanol co-products such as wet and dry distillers grains, wet and dry corn gluten feed, condensed distillers solubles, corn gluten meal, corn germ, corn oil, distillers yeast and CO2. Pacific Ethanol markets and distributes ethanol and co-products domestically and internationally. Pacific Ethanol's subsidiary, Kinergy Marketing LLC, markets all ethanol for the Pacific Ethanol plants as well as for third parties, with over 800 million gallons of ethanol marketed annually based on historical volumes. Pacific Ethanol's subsidiary, Pacific Ag. Products LLC, markets wet and dry distillers grains. For more information please visit www.pacificethanol.com

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