Sentences with phrase «of ethanol gas»

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.

Not exact matches

An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 per cent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

That means the total tax on gasoline and ethanol is 27.9 cents per gallon, slightly below the national average gas tax of 29.9 cents per gallon.

A proposal to reduce the amount of ethanol in gas could mean big changes for gas prices and grocery bills.

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.

«In terms of consumer ownership and use costs, the case to make a switch from current fuels to compressed natural gas (CNG) is much more compelling than for other alternative fuels like ethanol and electricity.»

Because a soy field contains far less carbon than a rainforest, the greenhouse gas benefit of the original ethanol is wiped out.

She and her colleagues at Helios, a joint project of U.C. Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, want to build an artificial leaf that drips ethanol, or some other alcohol, which you could pump right into your gas tank.

But, so one big area of research is this idea of trying to create these sorts of biofuels, and we have those now, ethanol that you can go to almost any gas station, and you can find ethanol very often these days to put in cars.

«Corn - based ethanol, instead of producing a 20 percent savings [in greenhouse gas emissions], nearly doubles greenhouse emissions over 30 years and increases greenhouse gases for 167 years,» the researchers write.

A gadget built around an automotive fuel injector transforms ethanol, or grain alcohol, into hydrogen gas, a team of chemical engineers reports in this week's issue of Science.

This problem can become even bigger for biofuels like corn ethanol that emit greenhouse gases at every step, from laughing gas emanating from corn fields after fertilization to the CO2 from the fermentation of kernels into ethanol.

Optical micrographs of severe corrosion on steel alloy samples exposed to ethanol and acetic acid vapors — conditions typical of underground gas storage tanks — after 355 hours, 643 hours, and 932 hours.

But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (and the California Air Resources Board) have noted that turning corn into ethanol can actually be a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and other unintended environmental effects, largely by driving the expansion of agriculture and its attendant pollution — as evidenced by previous studies published in Science.

«We found that with a given amount of biomass you could produce more transportation and greenhouse gas offsets with electricity than with ethanol.»

Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).

It's in areas where there are lots of cattle (and the large amountsof manure they inevitably give back to the world) that companies are bestequipped to divert animal waste from contaminating the air (via methane, CO2, and ammonia gases) and water towards fueling ethanol production.

«(i) is in one of the following industrial sectors: ethanol production; ferroalloy production; fluorinated gas production; food processing; glass production; hydrogen production; iron and steel production; lead production; pulp and paper manufacturing; and zinc production; and

China's shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research.

In a new twist to waste - to - fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol.

Next - generation biofuels could, unlike corn ethanol, completely replace petroleum - based fuels in the gas tanks of existing cars, trucks, and planes.

Life - Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of U.S. National Scenarios for Cellulosic Ethanol Production, Corinne Scown, William Nazaroff, Umakant Mishra, Bret Strogen, Agnes Lobscheid, Eric Masanet, Nicholas Santero, Arpad Horvath, Thomas McKone, Environmental Research Letters, 7 (1), doi: 10.1088 / 1748-9326/7 / 1 / 014011, January 24, 2012.

Ed Kjaer, director of electric transportation at Southern California Edison, argues that plug - ins represent a natural evolution of hybrid technology, which today essentially burns gas to generate electricity... George W. Bush, the former Texan oilman, has begun talking up corn ethanol and clean diesel and has endorsed a $ 4,000 tax credit for purchases of hybrid cars.

Many scientists and ecologists now believe that keeping those ecosystems intact offers a far greater greenhouse gas - reducing benefit — by not disturbing the carbon stored within native plants and in untilled soil — than any benefit which might be conferred by burning ethanol instead of petroleum.

Too much probiotic causes too much to die, releasing their toxic gases all at once, causing the flood of ethanol.

fluid (with filter of course) and took Premium gas (still with ethanol) and it's much much better.

Ethanol proponents claim that ethanol will deliver equal or better gas mileage than gasoline, when ethanol is used to fuel an engine optimized to take advantage of ethanol's superior combustion characterEthanol proponents claim that ethanol will deliver equal or better gas mileage than gasoline, when ethanol is used to fuel an engine optimized to take advantage of ethanol's superior combustion characterethanol will deliver equal or better gas mileage than gasoline, when ethanol is used to fuel an engine optimized to take advantage of ethanol's superior combustion characterethanol is used to fuel an engine optimized to take advantage of ethanol's superior combustion characterethanol's superior combustion characteristics.

ENGINE ECOTEC 2.2 L VARIABLE VALVE TIMING DOHC 4 - CYLINDER SFI (E85) includes (E85) FlexFuel (gas ethanol) capability uses gasoline or E85 fuel (155 hp [115.6 kW] @ 6100 rpm 150 lb - ft of torque [202.5 N - m] @ 4800 rpm)(STD)

The 6.2L - equipped Ford E-Series will be flex fuel compatible, so that drivers can run unleaded gasoline, or any mix of gas and ethanol up to E85 (85 percent ethanol).

We'll be carrying 110 liters of ethanol, and I think the gas cars carry about 90 liters of gasoline.

Engine Vortec 5.3 L V8 Sfi Flexfuel With Active Fuel Management Capable Of Running On Unleaded Or Up To 85 % Ethanol (With Gas - 320 Hp [238.6 Kw] @ 5200 Rpm 340 Lb - Ft Of Torque [459.0N - M] @ 4200 Rpm With E85 Ethanol - 326 Hp [243.1 Kw] @ 5300 Rpm 350 Lb - Ft Of Torque [472.5 N - M] @ 4400 Rpm) Iron Block

ENGINE VORTEC 5.3 L V8 SFI FLEXFUEL with Active Fuel Management capable of running on unleaded or up to 85 % ethanol (with gas - 320 hp [238.6 kW] @ 5400 rpm 335 lb - ft of torque [452.2 N - m] @ 4000 rpm with E85 ethanol - 326 hp [243.1 kW] @ 5300 rpm 348 lb - ft of torque [469.8 N - m] @ 4400 rpm) iron block (STD)

Comfortable but agile, its low maintenance Automatic transmission and its dependable Gas / Ethanol V8 5.3 L / 323 engine have lots of pep for an inexpensive price.

PREMIUM FEATURES ON THIS CHEVY TAHOE INCLUDE: SUN, ENTERTAINMENT AND DESTINATIONS PACKAGE includes additional 9 months of XM Radio and XM NavTraffic service, (DD8) inside rearview auto - dimming mirror, (CF5) power sunroof, (UUK) AM / FM stereo with MP3 compatible CD / DVD player and DVD - based navigation, (UVC) rearview camera system and (U42) rear seat DVD entertainment system, ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, REAR SEAT DVD PLAYER with remote control, overhead display, 2 sets of 2 - channel wireless infrared headphones and auxiliary audio / video input jacks, WHEELS, 4 - 20 X 8.5 (50.8 CM X 21.6 CM) CHROME, AUDIO SYSTEM WITH NAVIGATION, AM / FM STEREO WITH MP3 COMPATIBLE CD / DVD PLAYER and DVD - based navigation, seek - and - scan, digital clock, autotone control, Radio data System, (RDS) speed - compensated volume, TheftLock, voice recognition and USB port, TRANSMISSION, 6 - SPEED AUTOMATIC, ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED with overdrive and tow / haul mode (STD), ENGINE, VORTEC 5.3 L V8 SFI FLEXFUEL with Active Fuel Management, capable of running on unleaded or up to 85 % ethanol (with gas - 320 hp [238.6 kW] @ 5400 rpm, 335 lb - ft of torque [452.2 N - m] @ 4000 rpm, with E85 ethanol - 326 hp [243.1 kW] @ 5300 rpm, 348 lb - ft of torque [469.8 N - m] @ 4400 rpm), iron block (STD) AutoCheck One Owner THIS TAHOE PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE: Rear Seat Audio Controls CHEVROLET TAHOE: BEST IN CLASS: Side By Side Competitive Advantages: More 2nd and 3rd Row Legroom than Sequoia.

With Active Fuel Management, capable of running on unleaded or up to 85 % ethanol; (with gas - 320 hp [238.6 kW] @ 5400 rpm, 335 lb - ft of torque [452.2 N - m] @ 4000 rpm, with E85 ethanol - 326 hp [243.1 kW] @ 5300 rpm, 348 lb - ft of torque [469.8 N - m] @ 4400 rpm), iron block

Comfortable but easy - moving, its tried - and - true Automatic transmission and its dependable Gas / Ethanol V8 5.4 L / 330 engine have lots of pep for a value price.

Buy a new load of gas for your lawn mower, which you hopefully ran dry last fall, and then either left dry or filled with ethanol - free fuel ($ 20 a gallon at a home good store!).

Security system that sets off the vehicle alarm system if the vehicle is jacked up or towed - designed to protect 20» / 22» SPO upsize wheels, ENGINE, VORTEC 5.3 L V8 SFI FLEXFUEL: with Active Fuel Management, capable of running on unleaded or up to 85 ethanol (with gas - 320 hp [239 kW] @ 5400 rpm, 335 lb - ft of torque [454 N - m] @ 4000 rpm, with E85 ethanol - 326 hp [243 kW] @ 5300 rpm, 348 lb - ft of torque [472 N - m] @ 4400 rpm), aluminum block (STD), AUDIO SYSTEM WITH NAVIGATION All prices include all applicable rebates and incentives.

OPTION PACKAGES AUDIO SYSTEM, AM / FM STEREO WITH CD AND MP3 PLAYBACK seek - and - scan, digital clock, auto - tone control, Radio Data System (RDS), automatic volume, TheftLock and auxiliary input jack (STD), TRANSMISSION, 4 - SPEED AUTOMATIC ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED WITH OVERDRIVE (STD), ENGINE, 3.5 L V6 SFI (E85) includes (E85) FlexFuel (gas ethanol) capability, uses gasoline or E85 fuel (211 hp [157.3 kW] @ 5800 rpm, 214 lb - ft of torque [288.9 N - m] @ 4000 rpm)(std).

Option packages wheels, 17» (43.2 cm) MACHINED ALUMINUM, SPOILER, REAR, AUDIO SYSTEM, AM / FM STEREO WITH CD PLAYER: seek - and - scan, digital clock, auto - tone control, automatic volume and TheftLock (STD), TRANSMISSION, 4 - SPEED AUTOMATIC ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED WITH OVERDRIVE: (STD), SEATS, FRONT BUCKET (STD), ENGINE, 3.5 L V6 SFI (E85): includes (E85) FlexFuel (gas ethanol) capability, uses gasoline or E85 fuel (211 hp [157.3 kW] @ 5800 rpm, 216 lb - ft of torque [291.6 N - m] @ 4000 rpm)(std).

OPTION PACKAGESAUDIO SYSTEM, AM / FM STEREO WITH MP3 COMPATIBLE CD PLAYER seek - and - scan, digital clock, auto - tone control, Radio Data System (RDS), speed - compensated volume, TheftLock and auxiliary audio input jack (STD), TRANSMISSION, 6 - SPEED AUTOMATIC ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED with overdrive and tow / haul mode (STD), ENGINE, VORTEC 5.3 L V8 SFI FLEXFUEL with Active Fuel Management, capable of running on unleaded or up to 85 % ethanol (with gas - 320 hp [238.6 kW] @ 5200 rpm, 340 lb - ft of torque [459.0N - m] @ 4200 rpm, with E85 ethanol - 326 hp [243.1 kW] @ 5300 rpm, 350 lb - ft of torque [472.5 N - m] @ 4400 rpm), iron block (STD).

Equipment / Features on this * Chevrolet Tahoe * Rear Axle 3.42 RatioWheels 4 - 17 X 7.5 (43.2 Cm X 19.1 Cm) Aluminum 5 - Spoke With Smooth Surface And Rectangular Pockets (Std) Tires P265 / 70R17 All - Season BlackwallLight Titanium / Dark Titanium Premium Cloth Seat TrimLt Preferred Equipment Group Includes Standard EquipmentSeats Front Bucket With (Ag1) 6 - Way Power Driver And (Ag2) Front Passenger Seat Adjusters Adjustable Head Restraints (Am1) Driver Manual Lumbar Control Floor Console And Rear Storage Pockets (Std) Summit WhiteAudio System Am / Fm Stereo With Mp3 Compatible Cd Player Seek - And - Scan Digital Clock Auto - Tone Control Radio Data System (Rds) Speed - Compensated Volume Theftlock And Auxiliary Audio Input Jack (Std) Transmission 6 - Speed Automatic Electronically Controlled With Overdrive And Tow / Haul Mode (Std) Engine Vortec 5.3 L V8 Sfi Flexfuel With Active Fuel Management Capable Of Running On Unleaded Or Up To 85 % Ethanol (With Gas - 320 Hp [238.6 Kw] @ 5200 Rpm 340 Lb - Ft Of Torque [459.0N - M] @ 4200 Rpm With E85 Ethanol - 326 Hp [243.1 Kw] @ 5300 Rpm 350 Lb - Ft Of Torque [472.5 N - M] @ 4400 Rpm) Iron Block (Std) Headliner ClothAssist Handles Front Passenger And Second Row OutboardSteering Wheel Leather - WrappedWindows Power With Driver Express - Down And Lockout FeaturesSteering Wheel Controls Mounted Audio And Cruise ControlsCruise Control Electronic With Set And Resume SpeedTheft - Deterrent System Vehicle Pass - Key IiiSeats Third Row 50/50 Split - Bench 3 - Passenger Removable All - Belts - To - SeatBluetooth For Phone Personal Cell Phone Connectivity To Vehicle Audio System And Hmi (Human Machine Interface) With Specific Steering Wheel ControlsSeat Adjuster Driver PowerFloor Covering Color - Keyed CarpetingPower Outlets 5 Auxiliary 12 - Volt Includes 2 On The Instrument Panel 1 In The Cargo Area 1 Inside The Center Console And 1 At The Back Of The Console.Floor Mats Color - Keyed Carpeted Front And Second Row RemovableLighting Interior With Dome Light Driver - And Passenger - Side Door Switch With Delayed Entry Feature Cargo Lights Door Handle Or Remote Keyless Entry - Activated Illuminated Entry And Map Lights In Front And Second Seat PositionsVisors Driver And Front Passenger Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Padded With Cloth Trim Extends On RodRemote Vehicle Starter Prep Package Includes Remote Keyless Entry (Remote Vehicle Starter Fob Available Through Gm Accessories.)

As part of its retail branding program, gas stations / convenience stores across the U.S. are being branded as VP Racing Fuels, with each providing distribution for VP's other product lines, including ethanol - free VP Small Engine Fuels, formulated for 2 - and 4 - cycle outdoor power equipment; VP Madditive ™ performance chemicals; and VP / PowerMaster © hobby fuels for R / C Racing.

The XSeed concept appears to have married the idea of an electric buggy and a roadster together, thus allowing the vehicle to be operated with gas, ethanol and an electric motor.

Sort of like the people who think they save money with ethanol gas but get worse gas mileage and destroy their engines.

The key factors determining carbon emissions for corn - based ethanol are (1) whether coal or natural gas is used to power the ethanol plant, (2) whether distillers grains are dried or sold wet, and (3) whether expansion of corn acreage comes mainly from reduced acreage of lower - value crops or if idled land is brought into production.

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.

The lead author of one of the studies referenced in Elisabeth Rosenthal's recent article says in a policy brief that ``... switching from gasoline to corn ethanol doubles greenhouse gas emissions for every mile driven.»

Corn - to - ethanol plants have been the most rapidly growing source of feed gas for CO2 recovery.»