Sentences with phrase «fueled by ethanol»

What people fail to realize is that Brazil's economic and energy boom is not being fueled by ethanol alone, but by vast oil deposits they are aggresivly extracting (the reason one George Soros invested 900 million in Petrobas, isn't it nice that he gives money to people who wish to restrict american production but pours hundreds of millions into foreign oil companies.).

The engine remains the same 2.0 - liter naturally aspirated four - cylinder gasoline unit that delivers 150 hp and 205 Nm (151 lb - ft) of torque when fueled by ethanol (145 hp and 198 Nm on gasoline).

This hybridized concept gives us a glimpse and is fueled by ethanol.

«We could combat climate change, reduce harm to health and foster advances in automotive technology by offering a stimulus for auto makers to develop more economical and efficient cars fueled by ethanol.»

Not exact matches

Then I noticed the Sunoco fuel used by NASCAR teams is an E-15 blend... and long story short, in my effort to become more socially responsible, I have become an ethanol proponent.

Colorado - based Range Fuels received an $ 80 million loan guarantee from the USDA to help fund its refinery, which began production by making methanol instead of ethanol last year.

A few years later, LifeLine Foods and ICM Inc., the world leader in ethanol facility design and engineering, formed a joint venture to transform the corn mill into the country's first corn - processing plant that utilizes a proprietary technology developed by ICM to produce food and fuel simultaneously.

Fermentation is triggered by lactic acid bacteria — or lactobacilli — and yeasts, which use the carbohydrate fuels from the cereal grains to produce ethanol (alcohol), carbon dioxide, lactic acid and acetic acid.

A strategic decision was made at the time by the government to switch to ethanol production in order to fuel the Brazilian fleet.

If ethanol runs a negative energy balance, as asserted by some critics (including those nattering West Wing characters), then the enterprise is doomed: What is the point of wasting fossil fuels that could be consumed directly somewhere else?

From the start, the ethanol industry has been dogged by concerns about its net energy balance — whether ethanol requires more fossil fuel to make than it replaces.

KERRY: The senator has proposed «a new Manhattan Project to make America independent of Middle East oil in 10 years» by increasing the use of alternative fuels like ethanol and insisting that standards for auto mileage be raised.

The 2005 Energy Policy Act mandates a minimum of 7.5 billion gallons of domestic renewable - fuel production, which will overwhelmingly be corn - based ethanol, by 2012.

The FAA has already approved at least one biofuel — ethanol — as an alternative fuel for two types of aircraft and engines, including the Piper Pawnee powered by Lycoming IO - 540 engines.

By turning crops such as corn, sugarcane and palm oil into biofuels — whether ethanol, biodiesel, or something else — proponents hope to reap the benefits of the carbon soaked up as the plants grow to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted when the resulting fuel is burned.

Congress in 2007 required that refiners blend 36 billion gallons of ethanol into fuel supply by 2022.

The Obama administration seems to agree, granting $ 786 million in 2009 for biofuels research and setting up the Biofuels Interagency Working Group to study how best to meet the renewable fuel standard mandated by Congress that will require increasing the amount of renewable fuels, such as ethanol, to 36 billion gallons by 2022.

Then the company used custom - designed microbes to produce the new fuels by fermentation from a conventional ethanol feedstock.

Farmers make the fuel by chemically treating corn kernels to isolate the sugars and then feeding the sugars to yeast, which digests them and secretes ethanol.Not only do the corn husks and stalks go to waste, but ethanol production has driven up the price of the corn that is used for food by reducing its availability.

Additionally, ethylene and ethanol could serve as the building blocks for a range of consumer goods, and CO2 - derived formic acid could be used by the pharmaceutical industry or as a fuel in fuel cells.

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.

A Northwestern University study by an economist and a chemist reports that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to mostly switch from ethanol to gasoline in their flexible - fuel vehicles, local ozone levels dropped 20 percent.

But the research suggests that even if researchers maximized the capacity to grow biofuels on all marginal lands, «the amount of cellulosic ethanol it could produce is only enough to provide 1.5 percent of U.S. transportation fuel by 2020.»

Similarly, the liver does not convert a great deal of ethanol to lipid but alters whole - body lipid balances by releasing an oxidizable fuel (acetate).

Higher octane fuels (well over 100 RON) are perfectly possible by adding Ethanol or other alcohol bases.

@raydowe - The carbon by - product is called carbon dioxide, and if the ethanol is from biological sources the carbon dioxide has in the fuel production stage been captured from the atmosphere, so there are no net carbon dioxide emissions.

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Corvette Racing will be powered by cellulosic E85R ethanol fuel at Sebring for the first time.

In 1993, 1994 and 1995, a flexible - fuel Acclaim was offered, powered by a 107 hp (80 kW) multipoint fuel injected version of the 2.5 - liter engine specially modified to run on fuel containing up to 85 % ethanol.

The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), the leader in bringing «green» fuels to motorsports, contracted KL Process Design Group to provide the cellulosic E85 racing ethanol used by Corvette Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), the leader in bringing «green» fuels to motorsports, contracted KL Process Design Group to provide the cellulosic E85 racing ethanol used by Corvette ethanol used by Corvette Racing.

Chevrolet Factory Team to Demonstrate Performance and Environmental Benefits of E85 Ethanol in 12 - Race Series DETROIT — Corvette Racing is powered by E85 ethanol, a high - octane, renewable alternative fuel, in the 2008 American Le Mans Ethanol in 12 - Race Series DETROIT — Corvette Racing is powered by E85 ethanol, a high - octane, renewable alternative fuel, in the 2008 American Le Mans ethanol, a high - octane, renewable alternative fuel, in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.

«Most of the vehicles in Brazil are powered by ethanol, so I understand how a domestically produced renewable fuel can help the energy solutions of a nation,» said Fittipaldi, who previously drove the Corvette Z06 E85 Concept pace car at the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

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«The use of E85 ethanol fuel by America's premier production sports car racing team in a high - profile, high - tech racing series like the ALMS shows that Chevy is continuing to lead by example.»

«Today's race was the final appearance by Corvette Racing in the GT1 category at Sebring, and we ran an absolutely perfect race with cellulosic E85 ethanol fuel,» said Steve Wesoloski, GM Racing Road Racing Group manager.

GM has been a big proponent of flex fuels, meaning E85 (85 % ethanol, 15 % gasoline) that gets worse mileage than regular gasoline but does win GM a EPA efficiency credit and is much beloved by America's corn farmers and others who like that the feedstock for E85 is domestic.

Corvette Racing is powered by E85R ethanol racing fuel, a high - octane, renewable alternative fuel, in the 2010 American Le Mans Series.

Fuel economy is approximately 30 percent worse when running E85, but this can be offset by the the ethanol mix's lower price.

The fuel, which supposedly produces less volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions than regular diesel fuel or ethanol, is being produced by RenTech in Rialto, California.

The non ethanol fuel does increase the MPG by at least 15 %.

The ethanol prevents knock by cooling the air / fuel mixture until the engine is ready for combustion.

All trim levels of the Focus will be powered by a 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine that can run on either a gasoline or E85 ethanol - blended fuel.

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 AcBy 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 Acby 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.

And while we're on the topic of alt fuels, please be sure to find time to mention GM's investment in ethanol that was announced recently (and written about by Matt Wald yesterday).

We could start by phasing out all subsidies for the production of fossil fuels and ethanol.

Based on the just released Low Carbon Fuel Standard prepared by the University of California for the Governor, «regular» gasoline as a value of 85 — 92 g CO2 eq / MJ, while natural gas has a value of ~ 80 g CO2 eq / MJ, electricity in California has an average value of 27 g CO2 eq / MJ (when used to drive an electric vehicle), and cellulosic ethanol derived from municipal solid waste is ~ 5 g CO2 eq / MJ.

If it had been an ethanol spill, the environment would have cleaned up the fuel by itself within days.

Biofuels Digest quotes Barbassa as saying that gasoline has now become «the alternative fuel»: In fact Petrobras predicts that by 2020 that the gasoline market for light vehicles will shrink by 17 %, with ethanol use increasing.

Here in Michigan, you're actually a step ahead of the game with your first - ever commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, which will lead the way by turning wood into clean - burning fuel.