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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “What he said in Biofuels Digest mirrors exactly what I have found with E-85.”
Thomas Elam: “Chu is right. Electric is where it is at long term. Electric 3-4x more efficient than the internal combustion engine and can use anything that will burn as an energy source. He has seen the light. Good for him. NCGA, AFBF and RFS will continue scream bloody murder as the truth about their [...]
Pearson Fuels to add 55 E85 stations in California
In California, Pearson Fuels announced that it will open an additional 55 E85 ethanol stations in the Golden Sate, after winning $10.9 million in state and federal grants. The new openings will take the number of its E85 stations to 66 in the state. The company received $4 million from the California Energy Commission and [...]
Vehicles running E85 corn ethanol have 30 percent lower CO2 emissions than the all-electric Tesla Roadster, study finds
In Florida, Biofuels Digest has found that cars running on E85 corn-based ethanol, at the proposed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, will generate 30 percent lower CO2 emissions over an average car lifetime than a Tesla all-electric sports car using coal-fired power.
The findings, available via free download here, are based on the GREET [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Ethanol is the gift that keeps on giving – but only to corn-growers and opportunistic automakers.”
From the Montreal Gazette: Ethanol is the gift that keeps on giving – but only to corn-growers and opportunistic automakers. For taxpayers, however, it’s a dream that failed and a rat-hole down which our governments keep pouring our tax money. This useless boondoggle must stop. Last week, CanWest News Service reported on a government memo [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it.”
Canada.com: “Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News Service. Moreover, government officials have warned Raitt that giving automakers credits toward new fuel [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “I would think all those movie stars in California might start putting in their orders for Impalas.”
Green Plains Renewable Energy CEO Todd Becker: “The shakeout in the U.S. ethanol industry in the past year has helped draw stronger players to the business and made producers better able to cope with soft margins. I think people have learned how to manage in a tight market. I think (the industry) fixed itself. Bigger [...]
State official says E85 “not cost effective” for Georgia
In Georgia, Georgia Public Broadcasting ran an update on the failure of E85 to gain traction in the state, despite a government policy encouraging E85 with incentives to convert pumps, and tax breaks for ethanol producers. However, the E85 installation program has resulted in only 23 pump conversions to date, and an official at the [...]
Harkin, Lugar introduce Consumer Fuels and Vehicles Choice Act to increase flex-fuel cars, pumps
In Washington, Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Richard Lugar of Indiana introduced the Consumer Fuels and Vehicles Choice Act of 2009. According to a report at Growth Energy, the legislation will require that 50 percent of all vehicles manufactured in the US be flex-fuel enabled by 2011, and that the figure increase to 90 [...]
Florida service stations replacing underground tanks as refiners cut-off ethanol-free gasoline shipments
In Florida, gas station owners have been required to replace or reline their underground tanks by the end of 2009 to accommodate the increased corrosive qualities of E10 ethanol. Station owners are already shutting down for retrofitting in anticipation of the change as refineries have ceased deliveries of ethanol-free gasoline, according to this report in [...]
Biofuels Digest readers report E85 case studies
Biofuels Digest readers have reported the following case results from E85.
Case #1: ” FYI – as a simple private individual without support or sponsor, I have been experimenting for 3 years with ethanol fuels in cars, a tractor, and 4-stroke lawn & garden equipment. Here is what I have found:
E-85 one-fuel conversions of old carburetor [...]
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