Sentences with phrase «ethanol blended gas»

That requires refiners to bear still further costs besides what they have to pay to produce the ethanol blended gas.

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).

Not exact matches

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

So while social responsibility was reason enough for me to seek higher percentage blends of ethanol gas, what resonated even more with me is the fact that ethanol is an entrepreneur's industry.

The New Plant Fuel «Green diesel,» as it's being called, isn't the first effort to use plants to power cars; your gas tank probably has a blend of gas and plant - derived ethanol inside it right now.

Unless you're lucky enough to have a place near you that doesn't sell ethanol - blended gas, in that case start filling up there (although you will still probably need to rebuild the carb).

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.

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.

So, while a gallon of ethanol - blended gas may cost the same as regular gasoline, it won't take you as far.

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

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

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

Refiners consequently do not have the incentive to produce the annually increasing, full amount of ethanol required to be blended into gas under the law each year.

The agency is currently working on regulations for the oil and gas sector, and is finalizing new annual regulations for the nation's ethanol mandate and renewable fuel blending requirements.

Current mandates call for blends of renewables on the order of 10 - 20 % - a far cry from replacing gas with ethanol.

To prevent overheating (a problem in earlier designs), the wet waste is converted into a form of ethanol, treated with enzymes to form hydrous ethanol, and then blended with the gas.

Although most gas contains 10 percent ethanol, the newer type referred to as E15, has 15 percent of the alcohol blend in it.