Sentences with phrase «us ethanol blend»

I'm old enough to remember when ethanol blends first began to appear at gas stations.

It will initially produce methanol and later ethanol — enough each year to fill the tanks of 400,000 cars using a five per cent ethanol blend.

This wrong - headed policy, pushed by an aggressive farm lobby, gives a 51 - cent tax credit for each gallon of ethanol blended into gasoline.

As if all that wasn't bad enough, ethanol blends hurt your car's fuel economy.

But experts at a major scientific meeting today described how ethanol blends used as fuel in the race cars of the Indianapolis 500 actually make those emissions cleaner than cars on the street.

Several US states, such as California, have laws requiring a 20 % -30 % ethanol blend in gasoline, which also helps reduce emissions of ultrafine particulate matter.

«This technology is a pathway to overcome the ethanol blend - wall,» Narula said.

As for ethanol blends, it all comes down to where the ethanol comes from.

Stabil is not recommended in ethanol blended fuels as it causes a chemical reaction corroding brass in carburetors and speeds up the process at which ethanol mix gas breaks down fuel lines in vehicles made 2006 or older.

Marvel Ultimate should be added to fuel or used in the crankcase in oil; specially formulated even for use in synthetic oil and with most advanced fuels including top tier, ethanol blends, and biodiesels.

Both the 4.3 L and 5.3 L engines are certified to run on E85 (an 85 - percent ethanol blend).

The 2014 Chevrolet Suburban SUV has a 5.3 - liter V8 that delivers 320 horsepower and runs on regular unleaded gasoline or E85 ethanol blend.

A recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratories states that high - octane mid-level ethanol blends deliver optimal performance, often at a price below regular unleaded.

Both engines use regular gasoline and have the ability to run on an E85 gasoline / ethanol blend.

It comes only with a 283 - horsepower 3.8 - liter V6 (which can run on regular gasoline or E85 ethanol blend) and automatic transmission.

The only powertrain available is a 283 - horsepower 3.8 - liter V6 (which can run on regular gasoline or E85 ethanol blend) and automatic transmission.

The absolute value of ethanol blends has also been contested.

The engine is also flex - fuel capable, meaning it can run on a gasoline / ethanol blend.

Interesting features of this model are Powerful and efficient engine selection, V6 can run on E85 ethanol blend, and sharp styling inside and out Our Pricing is for Retail Customers only.

All three of the engines run on regular unleaded, and the V6 and 5.3 - liter V8 are flex - fuel compliant, meaning they can use the E85 ethanol blend.

Jim, there's a very slight chance that you may already have a flex - fuel (E85) capable vehicle that can run on either gasoline or any ethanol blend up to 85 %.

A research team from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and the University of Applied Sciences Bern, Laboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, reports that ethanol blending appeared to reduce genotoxic emissions from a flex - fuel Euro - 5 gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicle (a Volvo V60 with a 1.6 L...

Mileage is better with «regular» gas vs. 10 % ethanol blend.

3) Using regular unleaded gas (compared with the cheaper ethanol blend sold in the Midwest) results in significantly higher gas mileage.

And «flex fuel vehicles,» which run on a special ethanol blend, enjoy a $ 1,000 rebate.

Because companies are able to abandon the oxygenate requirement, many are turning to ethanol blends.

Flex Fuel (also known as E85) is a gasoline - ethanol blend containing anywhere from 51 to 83 % ethanol, and can only be used in Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs).

By federal and state regulation, nearly all gasoline sold by retailers in the US has up to 10 % ethanol blended into it to comply with the US Renewable Fuel Standards as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act.

The EPA allows small oil refineries to apply for hardship exemptions from the RFS ethanol blending requirements, with «small» meaning capacity 10,000 tons of biomass per day, producing at least 20,000 barrels of fuel per day.

Market - based principles should guide policymakers away from top - down, government - mandated ventures such as the flawed Renewable Fuel Standard — which could force higher ethanol blend fuels into the national supply, potentially damaging vehicle engines and saddling consumers with repair costs.

Mid-range gasoline - ethanol blends (greater than 10 percent and less than 85 percent ethanol) should only be used in vehicles approved for their use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The fourth point is that manufacturers didn't design most cars to run with these ethanol blends and have timorously (in the face of government power) suggested that there might be problems with the long - term functioning of their engines under these blends.

E85 can only be used in flex fuel vehicles (FFVs) which are specifically designed to run on this fuel or any gasoline or ethanol blend ranging from E0 to E85.

E85 can also provide important reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as compared to petroleum - derived gasoline or lower volume ethanol blends.

Also, the higher the ethanol blend, the lower the fuel economy.

Extensive testing by the automotive and oil industries shows higher ethanol blends may result in damaged engines and fuel systems for owners of the overwhelming majority of cars.

High ethanol blended fuels, like E85, are not viable solutions for reaching renewable fuel consumption targets of the RFS, even if cellulosic standards are waived.

The American Motorcyclist Association is well aware of the dangers of fuels with higher ethanol blends, like E15.

Ethanol contains 33 percent less energy per gallon than gasoline, so engines fueled with higher ethanol blended gas will attain fewer miles per gallon than those running on conventional gasoline (E10).

E-fuel100's unique generators (Gridbusters) mix water with pure ethanol and run much cleaner than the traditional gasoline / ethanol blends.

This means you must fill your gas tank more frequently when using higher ethanol blended fuel.»

Because ethanol has one - third less energy than gasoline and does not make up the difference in price, the higher the ethanol blend, the more money you spend on each mile driven.

(Not to mention to equipment such as small engines and marine motors which are damaged by higher ethanol blend fuels.)

Fuel stresses have been reported as Germans have been refusing to buy 10 % ethanol blends instead opting for standard fuel (which contains up to 5 % ethanol).

Study finds ethanol blending appears to reduce significantly genotoxic emissions from gasoline direct injection vehicles

although it wasn't until 2006 that ethanol blend E85 was classified by the US Department of Energy as an alternative fuel source.

The common ethanol blend E10, otherwise known as gasohol, is made up of 10 % ethanol and 90 % gasoline sold throughout the US.

Most car manufacturers now permit the use of ethanol blends of 10 % or less in all gas - powered vehicles.

The Governors of Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, and North Carolina have petitioned EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to waive the mandatory ethanol blending requirements established by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Rather, the agency set ethanol requirements higher and higher with no apparent regard for falling U.S. gasoline consumption, allowing the RFS to drive the country headlong toward the «ethanol blend wall» — and potential harms from forcing more ethanol into the fuel supply than it can safely absorb.