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Will Ethanol Cars Lead to Energy Independence?
Ethanol cars have been touted as a futuristic and clean technology that can eventually lead to energy independence for the US. The 551 page Energy Policy Act of 2005 includes a provision which mandate…
Ethanol Futures Advance
Ethanol futures advanced for a second day in Chicago trading on concerns that flooding in the Midwest will damage the corn crop and thus raise the production costs for the fuel. The gasoline additive …
Ethanol Fuel for an Ethanol Car
Ethanol is also known as ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, or drinking alcohol. This is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It's considered as a powerful psychoactive drug and one of the oldest re…
Derailed Ethanol Cars Explode in Ohio
Rails cars filled with ethanol fuel continued to burn nearly a day after a freight train derailment in Ohio sent them careening off the tracks into a fiery heap. It may be days before the train's …
Steve Milloy Criticizes Ethanol Fuel for Being “Expensive and Inefficient.”
The publisher of JunkScience.com debunked the merits of Ethanol fuel in an interview on America Family Radio's Nothing but the Truth program. Steve Milloy declared said that ethanol fuel was ineff…
Testing On Ethanol Fuel Delayed
Ethanol fuel has been used in many cars for the past few years. The recent testing of the ethanol fuel in a number of cars made in 2001 to 2006 has now been postpone. According to the US Environmental…
Ethanol Fuel Approved At 15 Percent
Recent news that has emerged in the United States has allowed higher levels of ethanol as a type of gasoline used in new model cars. These ethanol cars will become more readily available according to …
Ethanol Cars More Expensive To Use
It is the most environmentally friendly form of petrol available in the market, but recent reports have stated that the increase in prices is becoming a burden on individuals who choose to use ethanol…
Proposals to End Ethanol Subsidy
The United Stated government had provided ethanol subsidies in order to reduce the nation's dependence on energy sources from overseas. While the ethanol fuels industry has struggled in previous y…
Very Light Car Runs on Ethanol and Gasoline
Entrepreneur Oliver Kuttner from Lynchburg, Va. has recently built a light, ethanol fuel driven car that he's entered into the X Prize competition. Kuttner is a retired race car driver who had ren…