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Add More Ethanol From Sugarcane By 2008
The oil industry argues that it is impractical to
add more ethanol to the U.S. fuel mix.
Adding more ethanol will also increase the complexity of America's refining infrastructure, which is already straining to meet demand, thus raising pump prices.
But the ethanol boosters are ignoring some unpleasant facts: Ethanol won't significantly reduce our oil imports;
adding more ethanol to our gas tanks adds further complexity to our motor - fuel supply chain, which will lead to further price hikes at the pump; and, most important (and most astonishing), it may take more energy to produce a gallon of ethanol than it actually contains.
Not exact matches
Vodka's composition is almost evenly split between water and
ethanol (to be exact, it is about 60 % water and 40 %
ethanol) When you
add it to any dough, it means that only a bit
more than half of it (60 %) is active in gluten development.
And by the way,
adding a copper - coated ruthenium catalyst can also convert the HMF to DMF (2,5 - dimethylfuran), a fuel that provides
more energy than
ethanol.
Would that they had invested
more in efficient cars, and
more important I would
add, spent less of their politcal capital fighting fuel economy standards (as well as studies that even hinted at supporting such an approach) or supporting expensive
ethanol and other alternatives to keep the myth of a low price at the pump, in turn to keep Hummers Humming.
Adding ethanol to the 45 blends we already have means we will be «making
more blends for
more markets.
The greens, hawks, and farmers helped convince the Senate to
add an
ethanol provision to the energy bill — now awaiting action by a House - Senate conference committee — that would require refiners to
more than double their use of
ethanol to 8 billion gallons per year by 2012.
In addition to the transportation and volatility issues,
ethanol will
add yet
more blends of gasoline to the retail market.
In addition to
adding the solar pipeline data to Open NY, NYSERDA has
added U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Alternative Fuels Data Center data on
more than 20,000 public alternative vehicle fueling stations nationwide, including almost 1,000 biodiesel, compressed natural gas, E85 (
ethanol) and electric charging stations in New York State.
The corn crop in the US will help to supply the required 18 billion gallons of
ethanol in 2016, which will
add to the strain of devoting
more environmental resources to produce corn.
Adding corn
Ethanol to gasoline reduces gas mileage, increases the price of food and transportation, is unprofitable without government subsidies, creates
more greenhouse gases in its manufacture than unadulterated gasoline, and can damage older engines.
This is on top of other problems caused by
adding ethanol to gasoline — poor engine performance, higher food prices, and
more
Adapting cars to pure
ethanol can be done relatively inexpensively by
adding a fuel sensor and corrosion - resistant hoses, but there are only about 4 million flexible - fuel cars on U.S. roads out of
more than 200 million.
He
added that
ethanol may also emit
more global - warming pollutants than fossil fuels, according to the latest scientific studies.