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Ethanol Keeps Going and Going
by Andrew McCaskey
Ethanol Keeps Going and Going..
The New York Times noted that ” the EPA will likely approve an increase to 15% ethanol next summer, perhaps for use only in cars of the 2001 model year and later. This raises the possibility that gasoline retailers might need to carry different ethanol blends in different pumps, and that drivers with older cars might have to be careful about which blend they buy.
The E.P.A. was responding to a petition from ethanol manufacturers, who have complained that unless a higher blending level is approved, within two years they will not have a big enough market to absorb their production.
Congress ordered increased use of ethanol in energy bills that passed in 2005 and 2007 . Adjusted for its lower energy content, E85, as the higher blend is known, is more expensive than gasoline, and motorists thus have little reason to use it.”
Plus the fact that it takes more energy to produce it than it delivers- is there anything that can put this into it’s well deserved grave ? Or will it be like the monster in the grade B flick that keeps popping out of the grave ?
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