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Politicians and many businessmen are pushing renewable fuels like they've never pushed before. Typical gasoline-powered internal combustion engines can be converted to run on ethanol, more appropriately labeled as E85. The concept is novel - grow the fuel for the engines in your cars; and grow it again.Â
- Norwegian Firm Converts Ferrari Ff Into A Bio-ethanol Supercar
Bio-ethanol E85 (up to 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) conversions are nothing new in the auto industry but you don't see it happening everyday on brand new supercars of the likes of the Ferrari FF, which is why this project caught our attention. ...
- Citroen C4 Bioflex: European Debut For Citroen's First Flexfuel Vehicle
Citroen’s launching its first flexfuel vehicle in Europe, the C4 BioFlex which is fitted with a 1.6-litre engine generating 112 Hp that’s designed to run on normal unleaded fuel (RON 95 or 98), on bioethanol with up to 85% ethanol content...
- Heico Sportiv To Participate In The 24h Nurburgring Race With Bio-ethanol Powered Volvo S40
Alternative-fuel powered vehicles are showing up everywhere these days so it doesn’t strike us as a surprise that Volvo specialist, Heico Sportiv announced that it’ll participate in this year’s 24h Nurbugring Race (9-10 June...
- Fuel Prices - By The Numbers
They say gas is expensive. Get over it. Petrol is pricey. The lifeblood of your transportation costs major money - we all feel your pain. Statistics manifest some frightening facts, and some more that ought to make you thankful. Here are today's Numbers,...
- Ethanol
CNN says, "Ethanol ' the answer,' auto execs tell Bush" Really? Not so much. Tom Lasorda is the CEO of the Chrysler Group. LaSorda said, "We think this is the answer for America to lower our dependence on foreign oil." We think this is the answer...
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ETHANOL'S STORY by NUMBERS
Politicians and many businessmen are pushing renewable fuels like they've never pushed before. Typical gasoline-powered internal combustion engines can be converted to run on ethanol, more appropriately labeled as E85. The concept is novel - grow the fuel for the engines in your cars; and grow it again. See all Fuel-oriented articles from this site with a simple click
Issues have arisen, however. Greenhouse gases are far from nonexistent. Power is plentiful, but economy falters. Then there's the question of availability: corn grows all over America, but the fuel made from corn hasn't yet stretched to every gas station in America. Here are the Numbers that'll help you understand the story of ethanol.
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13,100,000,000 - bushels of corn grown on 85,000,000 acres of American soil last year
22 - percentage of that corn used to make ethanol
7,000,000,000 - total gallons of ethanol produced for consumption in 2007
10 - total percentage of corn that ended up as surplus
15,000,000,000 - total gallons of ethanol expected to be produced in 2015
5.50 - cost, in USD, of a bushel of corn; twice the 2005 price
11 - extra cost, in U.S. cents, of a gallon of milk produced by corn-fed cows as a result of the higher corn cost
150 - approximate bushels of corn per acre grown by American farmers
30 - approximate bushels of corn per acre grown by farmers in developing parts of the globe
15 - percentage growth in the cost of regular gasoline in the current market were it not for ethanol output, as estimated by Merril Lynch's chief commodity analyst
- Norwegian Firm Converts Ferrari Ff Into A Bio-ethanol Supercar
Bio-ethanol E85 (up to 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) conversions are nothing new in the auto industry but you don't see it happening everyday on brand new supercars of the likes of the Ferrari FF, which is why this project caught our attention. ...
- Citroen C4 Bioflex: European Debut For Citroen's First Flexfuel Vehicle
Citroen’s launching its first flexfuel vehicle in Europe, the C4 BioFlex which is fitted with a 1.6-litre engine generating 112 Hp that’s designed to run on normal unleaded fuel (RON 95 or 98), on bioethanol with up to 85% ethanol content...
- Heico Sportiv To Participate In The 24h Nurburgring Race With Bio-ethanol Powered Volvo S40
Alternative-fuel powered vehicles are showing up everywhere these days so it doesn’t strike us as a surprise that Volvo specialist, Heico Sportiv announced that it’ll participate in this year’s 24h Nurbugring Race (9-10 June...
- Fuel Prices - By The Numbers
They say gas is expensive. Get over it. Petrol is pricey. The lifeblood of your transportation costs major money - we all feel your pain. Statistics manifest some frightening facts, and some more that ought to make you thankful. Here are today's Numbers,...
- Ethanol
CNN says, "Ethanol ' the answer,' auto execs tell Bush" Really? Not so much. Tom Lasorda is the CEO of the Chrysler Group. LaSorda said, "We think this is the answer for America to lower our dependence on foreign oil." We think this is the answer...