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Articles about ethanol (0-50 of 496)
- Himfr.com Reports Wireless Communications And Portable Products, Is A Major Market For Smd Crystal O
By: stefasuan | - As the semiconductor industry turned to the hot field of wireless communications from the PC and portable digital products field, smaller has replaced the lead-type SMD crystal oscillator to become the market mainstream, coupled with the economic crisis in 2008, inventories tight transition time in the supply of tension.
It is optimistic about the market, China's major supplier of Crystal SMD crystal recent years have expanded product lines. The focus of the market aimed at high-en ...
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- Extracting Oil From Algae
By: Jeff Henderson Jeff | - One of the most exciting and promising new technologies in the search for new ways of fueling the vehicles of the future is definitely algae oil. Many people are quite surprised by the fact that the oil found in pond scum known as algae actually holds a lot of promise for being a potential new source of fuel. Indeed, with the growing concern over gasoline and its ever rising costs, as well as the amount of pollution it generates, researchers are turning more and more to algae oil as a rea ...
Tags: Extracting oil from algae, Algae oil, Algae biodiesel, Algae ethanol, Algae oil fuel
- Tips To Improve Your Gas Mileage
By: Fred Jackson | - A lot of people believe that buying a car which uses less fuel is the only way to obtain better gas mileage. Many newer cars are equipped with the latest technology to increase gas mileage, but what can you do with older cars? The answer is simple: just change a few driving behaviors. To keep the car operating in top condition always check your speed, use gears and cruise control correctly, and keep an eye on air conditioning. This article will tell you how to get better gas mileage.
Tags: ethanol, bio diesel, gas, mileage, fuel
- Gel Fireplaces & Liquid Ethanol Fireplaces - A Modern Focal Point
By: Natalie Smith | - The fireplace is the usually the prime focal point of any home - a place where the family gathers for quiet time, and where visitors congregate for conversation and cocktails.
The warmth and atmosphere created by a real flame fireplace is why open fireplaces are still as popular as ever.
However, many home owners these days are too busy to collect fire wood or purchase coal and the demands of modern day life means that few people have time to clean the hearth and a ...
Tags: gel fireplace, gel fires, fire gel, gel fuel, liquid ethanol, denatured ethanol, biofuel fires
- Looking At Fuels Of The Future
By: Jill Black | - As the future of the American automobile industry seems uncertain there has been a lot of talk about the cars of the future. Unfortunately, less and less people can afford a new car now, let alone a possibly more expensive car with green technology. But gas prices are edging up again, despite oil prices continuing to fall. There is doubt that Americans will experience the sudden gas hike of the summer of 2008 again anytime soon, but it's not a bad idea to keep an eye on the gas alternatives t ...
Tags: biodiesel, ethanol, electric cars, hybrids, natural gas, hydrogen combustion, fort worth real estate
- Poet Rolls Out Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
By: JamesWachai | - Cellulosic ethanol is on the move. Today, POET, the top U.S. ethanol producer, inaugurated a pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in South Dakota. The plants projected to churn out 22,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year. POET has an amazing, professionally done documentary that takes you, step-by-step, along the journey cellulosic ethanol has followed. Its available here.
In the press release it issued today to announce the start of the plants operations, ...
Tags: cellulosic ethanol, renewable energy, POET, ethanol
- The 9 Types Of Alternative Fuels - Moving Away From Oil
By: Darryl Power | - The continuing problem in oil price hike is troubling the world today. More people have become smarter car owners have looked into the possibility of using other types of alternative fuels.
Naming the types of alternative fuels are Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, Compressed Natural Gas, Biodesel, Ethanol, Methanol, Electricity, Pure Plant Oils, and Hydrogen.
1. A Liquefied Petroleum Gas or LPG is composed of hydrocarbons and propane; that is why it i ...
Tags: alternative fuels, Biodesel, Ethanol, Methanol, Electricity, Pure Plant Oils, Hydrogen
- Alternative Fuel Vehicles - A Review Of Hybrid, Hydrogen, Electric, E85, Biodiesel And Cng Vehicles
By: Taylor Turnstone | - Alternative fuel vehicles are automobiles that are powered by fuels other than gasoline. There are many alternatives that are now being used and tested in order to decrease our dependency on fossil fuels. Some examples of alternative fuel vehicles include:
Hybrid - Hybrid vehicles are powered by both a combustion engine and an electric motor. Advanced technologies for hybrids include regenerative braking, assisted power generated by the electric motor, and the process of powering ...
Tags: alternative fuel vehicles, hybrid, cng, electric, propane, hydrogen, e85, biodiesel, ethanol, vehicles
- Indian Biofuel Industry
By: bharat book bureau | - Bharatbook.com added a new report on "Indian Biofuel Industry" (http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=81514)
The report lays out the possible opportunities and challenges for the biofuel industry. While growth of biofuels is expected to be beneficial for the Indian sugarcane industry and power mobile networks in electricity-starved rural areas, it might also create problems related to allocation of land and water resources. Moreover, fluctuations in the cost of molasses and ensu ...
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- How To Convert Gasoline Car Into An Electric Car?
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - If you own a gas guzzling vehicle and are interested in making the conversion of it over to an electric car, believe it or not, you can actually do it. There are conversion kits that can make a gasoline powered vehicle into an electric car, but doing it is not an easy job. You will want to find the services of an experienced mechanic to help you make the conversion over to an electric car.
You see, there are many components of a gasoline powered car that can be modified to allow ...
Tags: alternative fuels, bio diesel, bio fuel, alternative fuel, fuel, ethanol, hydrogen, gas prices
- Will Ford Produce A Fully Electric Car Instead Of Hybrid Cars In The Near Future?
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - While the Ford Motor Company is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, they have long been reluctant to get into the electric car market. However, they did manufacture, market, and sell an electric car in an attempt to meet the consumer demands for a cleaner car that will produce less pollution and emit no greenhouse gases. Ford responded with their own version of the electric car.
The Think City electric car was produced by Ford several years ago, and many people to ...
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- The Unknown History Of Electric Cars
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - Believe it or not, the electric car was invented a long, long time ago. In 1900, electric cars outsold both gasoline and steam vehicles because electric cars did not have the vibration, noise and dirtiness associated with gas vehicles.
But soon afterward with the discovery of Texas crude oil that reduced the price of gasoline, the invention of the electric starter in 1912 that eliminated the need for a hand crank, and the mass production of internal combustion engine vehicles by ...
Tags: alternative fuels, bio diesel, bio fuel, alternative fuel, fuel, ethanol, hydrogen, gas prices
- Do You Have The Proper Tools To Build An Electric Car?
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - There are many places that you can find electric car conversion kits. What is an electric car conversion kit? Well, it is a set of equipment and parts that will allow you to make your gasoline powered car into an electric car. Many specialty car places carry electric car conversion kits or you can find them readily available online.
You will first have to make sure that having an electric car will fit your needs. Before you go out and spend a lot of money on an electric car co ...
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- Know The Different Types Of Alternative Fuels
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - There are many different types of alternative fuels that are being developed these days which is an exciting innovation in the vehicle industry. Alternative fuels are the wave of the future as scientists look for cleaner burning fuels that will not damage the environment while providing great advantages to the vehicle owner. They have come up with several.
Probably the most well known type of alternative fuel is ethanol. Ethanol is often called grain alcohol as it is made from ...
Tags: alternative fuels, bio diesel, bio fuel, alternative fuel, fuel, ethanol, hydrogen, gas prices
- The Unexpected Expansion Of Alternative Fuels
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - The expansion of the alternative fuel business has exploded these days as people are looking more and more toward improving the environment and perhaps even saving some money in the process. As gas prices continue to skyrocket, gasoline companies know that they must start considering an expansion of their companies to compete in the alternative fuel race if they want to stay afloat.
Alternative fuels are simply those that are not made with any oil products. They are manufactu ...
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- Learn How To Save Your Money By Alternative Fuels
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - Right now in the United States, there is a huge push for people to use alternative fuels as opposed to gasoline. There are many reasons for this push. Generally, it is because alternative fuels are kinder to the environment and can help to combat the ever-growing problem of global warming.
The price of driving a car is rising at an alarming rate. It has become very expensive to drive a car, so people are looking out for ways to save money on their fuel. Scientists are developi ...
Tags: alternative fuels, bio diesel, bio fuel, alternative fuel, fuel, ethanol, hydrogen, gas prices
- Pros And Cons Of Alternative Fuel
By: Hilal Abdelwali | - Just like with any new, slightly controversial subject, there will always be pros and cons to talk about and that is no different with the new drive toward the use of alternative fuels to power our vehicles. People who support alternative fuels the pros could list a hundred ways that alternative fuel helps. On the other hands those who oppose it the cons could also list a hundred ways we should use alternative fuels.
To begin with, alternative fuel is cleaner burning than gasolin ...
Tags: alternative fuels, bio diesel, bio fuel, alternative fuel, fuel, ethanol, hydrogen, gas prices
- Alternative Fuels... What Are They?
By: Shawn Milano | - The alcohol found in alcoholic beverages is ethanol. However, the ethanol used for motor fuel is denatured, which means poison has been added so people can't drink it. Some people believe that producing ethanol takes more energy than it gives back and for the most part, this is true. However, technologies have evolved in such a way that it is possible to increase the efficiency of producing ethanol.
Right now in the United States, there is a huge push for people to use alter ...
Tags: Global Warming, Alternative Fuel, Biodiesel, Oil, Gas, Oil and Gas, Bio Fuel, ethanol, fuel economy, gas prices, hybrid, fuels, carbon footprint, diesel
- How Much Viable Is Bio Fuel
By: Alisha Dhamani | - Amid the much hype being created about this alternative fuel, sceptics are asking if it will be promoted at the cost of edible oils.
For many years now, many environmentalists and energy experts have been projecting bio-fuel as an ideal solution for the energy crunch and environmental pollution bedeviling the overcrowded and overheated planet Earth. Further, it has been considered a sound option to beat the relentless surge in global crude oil prices.
Indeed, with t ...
Tags: bio fuel, ethanol, bio mass, diesel, gas
- How To Crash Your Mpg? Use Ethanol
By: GARKO | - So you come to the gasoline station and you have an option to get gasoline with or without ethanol. Which do you pick?
The answer is a simple matter of science. Conventional gasoline delivers more energy than a gallon that contains ethanol.
If its a gallon of E-10, which is a blend of 10 percent ethanol and conventional gasoline now widely available in many city areas, theres an energy difference of about 3.4 percent.
Now that may not seem like much when youre topp ...
Tags: ethanol, hydrogen engine, gas prices, cheap gas prices, price of gas, alternative fuel solutions, save money on gas, mpg, improve gas mileage
- The Inconvenient Truth About Ethanol
By: GARKO | - Should you choose for regular traditional gas or traditional gas with ethanol if you have a choice to pay one or the other at the same price per gallon?
You might make the wrong decision if you did not know that you get more energy out of a gallon of regular traditional gas then out of a gallon that contains ethanol.
If its a gallon of E-10, which is a blend of 10 percent ethanol and conventional traditional gas now widely available in many city areas, theres an energy differ ...
Tags: ethanol, hydrogen engine, gas prices, cheap gas prices, price of gas, alternative fuel solutions, save money on gas, mpg, improve gas mileage
- Water4gas Kicks The Crap Out Of Ethanol
By: GARKO | - So you come to the gas station and you have an option to get gas with or without ethanol. Which do you pick?
You might make the wrong decision if you did not know that you get more energy out of a gallon of regular gas then out of a gallon that contains ethanol.
If the gas with ethanol is E-10 which is available now in many markets around the USA then there is 10% ethanol in that gas and theres an energy difference of about 3.4 percent.
Now that may not seem like much w ...
Tags: ethanol, hydrogen engine, gas prices, cheap gas prices, price of gas, alternative fuel solutions, save money on gas, mpg, improve gas mileage
- Why Are We Being Forced To Use Ethanol?
By: GARKO | - Quick you have a choice to buy gasoline with Ethanol of gasoline without ethanol for the same price? Which do you pick?
You might make the wrong decision if you did not know that you get more energy out of a gallon of regular gasoline then out of a gallon that contains ethanol.
If the gasoline with ethanol is E-10 which is available now in many markets around the USA then there is 10% ethanol in that gasoline and theres an energy difference of about 3.4 percent.
Over ...
Tags: ethanol, hydrogen engine, gas prices, cheap gas prices, price of gas, alternative fuel solutions, save money on gas, mpg, improve gas mileage
- Use Ethanol, Get Less Mileage
By: GARKO | - Should you choose for regular traditional gas or traditional gas with ethanol if you have a choice to pay one or the other at the same price per gallon?
You might make the wrong decision if you did not know that you get more energy out of a gallon of regular traditional gas then out of a gallon that contains ethanol.
If the traditional gas with ethanol is E-10 which is available now in many markets around the USA then there is 10% ethanol in that traditional gas and theres an e ...
Tags: ethanol, hydrogen engine, gas prices, cheap gas prices, price of gas, alternative fuel solutions, save money on gas, mpg, improve gas mileage
- Ethanol Flushes Your Mpg Down The Drain
By: GARKO | - Should you choose for regular traditional fuel or traditional fuel with ethanol if you have a choice to pay one or the other at the same price per gallon?
You might make the wrong decision if you did not know that you get more energy out of a gallon of regular traditional fuel then out of a gallon that contains ethanol.
If its a gallon of E-10, which is a blend of 10 percent ethanol and conventional traditional fuel now widely available in many city areas, theres an energy di ...
Tags: ethanol, hydrogen engine, gas prices, cheap gas prices, price of gas, alternative fuel solutions, save money on gas, mpg, improve gas mileage
- The Ethanol Hoax
By: Michael Dappert | - Corn to ethanol is big business. The Federal Government pays ethanol producers 50 cents for every gallon of ethanol they produce. Corn farmers are riding a boom in corn prices not seen in their lifetimes. All sorts of groups, consortiums, corporations, and communities are trying to get on the gravy train.
And for what? Ethanol production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will make us 3.7% less dependent on imported oil by the year 2017. Wow. These figures only use ...
Tags: ethanol, energy, waste, production, alternative, government, subsidies, conservation, environmental
- Brazil Ethanol Market - Part 1
By: Denise Palmer | - For over three decades, Brazil has been a global leader in the production and use of sugarcane based ethanol or ethyl alcohol, a fuel additive that has reduces country's petroleum consumption.
For over three decades, Brazil has been a global leader in the production and use of sugarcane based ethanol or ethyl alcohol, a fuel additive that has reduces country's petroleum consumption. Two years after the first global energy crisis in 1973, the Brazilian government introduced its eth ...
Tags: Biofuel, ethanol, ethanol fuel production, ethanol fueled vehicle, ethanol industry, ethanol plants, ethyl alcohol, flex fuel vehicles, fuel additive,
- Every Home An Energy Producer
By: Michael Dappert | - Imagine this, every home in the US with solar panels on the roof. Each one feeding power into the national power grid. Or, industrious individuals producing biodiesel out on their suburban or rural homesteads. How about wind generators on buildings in cities making power and sending it all into the grid.
Historically energy has been produced by big enterprises that build big facilities to generate power and then sell the power to the consumer. Maybe it made sense at one time ...
Tags: energy, decentralized, generation, biodiesel, ethanol, electricity, conservation
- Biomass As An Important Renewable Energy Source
By: C. Ozcan | - Biomass
Biomass is a very important renewable energy source for the United States in the future. Since 2000, biomass has been the largest source of renewable energy for the United States, making up 47% of the renewable total and 4% of all energy sources. Biomass is also the only viable renewable alternative to oil as a liquid transportation fuel. Starting this year, ethanol (biomass in its fuel state) will be produced at a rate of about 4.4 billion gallons annually. Biomass wi ...
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- Is Ethanol The Alternative Fuel?
By: Mohan Potukuchi | - Ethanol (commonly called "Alcohol") has assumed a very important place in the world's economy. It is a vital raw material for a number of chemicals. It has been a major source of revenue by way of excise duty for the Governments.
Industrial alcohol produced from sugarcane molasses has a significant role to play in the world's economy. Alcohol is a by-product of sugar industry which is linked to agriculture. Sugarcane crop is a renewable source of energy. Therefore alcohol produce ...
Tags: ethanol, fuel ethanol, alcohol, fermentation, sugarcane molasses, gasohol, distilleries, chemicals, ethyl
- What Can Brazil Teach The U.s. About Ethanol?
By: Daniel Yergin | - Over 1200 people turned up on June 5th in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the "Ethanol Summit" - billed as the world's first ethanol "congress."
Among them was CNBC's own Global Energy Expert, Daniel Yergin, who, as one of the keynoters, was charged with delivering the global energy view. CNBC's Website caught up with Dan, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates for a few questions between planes-en route from Sao Paulo to the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in Russia.
Tags: oil, ethanol, non-renewable resources, fossil fuels, gasoline
- Will Innovation Transform Energy?
By: Daniel Yergin | - Something big is going on throughout the energy business. It's a great bubbling of innovation in every part of the industry. This bubbling is the brew of many different ingredients-from the impact of high prices and geopolitical uncertainty to the growing focus on "clean tech" and climate change. Will Innovation Transform Energy?
Though invisible to the consumer, an enormous amount of technological advance is embedded in every gallon of gasoline. Less than 30 years ago, the absol ...
Tags: energy, oil industry, environment, CERA, ethanol, biofuel, energy conservation
- Alternative Car Fuel
By: rolfie | - Alternative Car Fuel
Back in the year of 2000 alternative fuel was being used by at least eight million vehicles through-out the world. The increasing popularity of vehicle energy sources has ground by leaps and bounds. Our need for research in this vital area is paramount. The term alternative fuel refers to a source of energy which is renewable.
The main purpose of fuel of course is to store energy in a form that is stable and can be easily transported from the p ...
Tags: alternative fuel, gasoline, ethanol, alternative fuel source
- Converting Your Vehicles To Use E85 - Ethanol Fuel
By: Vidar Lura | - I and many others have converted their gasoline car to run on E85 (ethanol fuel). This is a guide on how to do the same thing.
First of all, what is E85?:
E85 consists of 85% ethanol and 15% additives. The additives vary a lot depending on where you live and time of the year. But roughly, the 15% additives is mostly made up of gasoline, additives that helps the engine to make a complete burn, additives that helps the engine start when its cold and additives to color the fue ...
Tags: biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, methanol, propane, e85, alternative fuels
- Goodbye Trips To The Gas Station
By: Vidar Lura | - The Chevrolet Volt is a battery-powered, four-passenger electric vehicle that uses a gas engine to create additional electricity to extend its range. The Volt draws from GM previous experience in starting the modern electric vehicle market when it launched the EV1 in 1996, according to GM Vice Chairman Robert A. Lutz.
"The EV1 was the benchmark in battery technology and was a tremendous achievement," Lutz said. "Even so, electric vehicles, in general, had limitations. They had lim ...
Tags: AutoFFV, flexfuel, gasoline, ethanol, e85, flex fuel vehicle, FFV
- Company Puts E85 Ethanol In Your Vehicles Gas Tank
By: Vidar Lura | - Ethanol fuel stations, commonplace in Brazil where the AutoFFV was designed, are popping up all across the United States. Small mom-and-pop fuel station owners and large suppliers are opting to replace their mid-grade gasoline with E85. The appeal of the fuel in the U.S. stems from a desire to move away from dependence on the Middle East as well as the fuel's inherently clean burning characteristics.
Until recently, the renewable fuel was useful only to those owning a factory-buil ...
Tags: AutoFFV, flexfuel, gasoline, ethanol, e85, flex fuel vehicle, FFV
- Is Ethanol The Chicken, Or The Egg?
By: Vidar Lura | - Even though the some state offers up to $30,000 to convert existing pumps to E85, there have only been some grants awarded, with half of them going to retailers looking to install biodiesel, not E85, the report stated. Currently, 1000 stations in the U.S. sell E85.
Gas station owners are hesitant to spend the thousands of dollars it requires to switch their equipment, according to the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores.
Very few of U.S. drivers own cars that ...
Tags: AutoFFV, flexfuel, gasoline, ethanol, e85, flex fuel vehicle, FFV
- How To Fight Back Against High Gas Prices
By: Vidar Lura | - Be earth friendly and play your part in pollution control by installing fuel saving products to improve fuel economy. Who allow your fuel efficient car to run using ethanol fuel, gasoline or even mix of both - e85 fuel.
Flex Fuel Vehicles
Would you like to get better gas mileage and more horsepower? Would you like to contribute to air pollution control while improving your fuel economy? If so, the flex fuel vehicle is the answer. The flex fuel vehicle (FFV) has a s ...
Tags: e85, alcohol fuel, autoffv, fuel conversion, flex fuel vehicles, gas prices, ethanol
- How To Improve Air Quality With Alternative Fuels!
By: Vidar Lura | - The market of alternative fuel sources is larger today than it has ever been before. Alternative fuels are materials that are rich in energy and that can be used instead of traditional gasoline. Biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, methanol and propane can be used as alternative fuels as they contain much less harmful substances.
Using various types of alternative fuels can also help to reduce dependence on imported gasoline and improve air quality.
Alternative Fuel Conver ...
Tags: biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, methanol, propane, e85, alternative fuels, autoffv, fuel conversion
- How To Beat The High Cost Of Gasoline!
By: Vidar Lura | - You probably don't know it, but the answer to World's gasoline addiction could be under the hood of your car. More than five million Tauruses, Explorers, Stratuses, Suburbans, and other vehicles are already equipped with engines that can run on an energy source that costs less than gasoline, produces almost none of the emissions that cause global warming.
Filling up on ethanol isn't new. Henry Ford's Model T ran on it. What's changing is the cost of distilling ethanol and the adva ...
Tags: AutoFFV, flexfuel, gasoline, ethanol, e85, flex fuel vehicle, FFV
- The Buzz About Bio Ethanol
By: Simon Oldmann | - Who Makes Bio Ethanol?
At this time, there are twelve countries that use and produce bio ethanol, promoting better fuel usage with less harmful additives that could hurt the environment. Many countries and manufacturers are learning about all the benefits bio ethanol including reducing greenhouse gas emission, carbon monoxide, and the costs of importing fuel from other countries, allowing them to create and manufacture their own gases, saving money.
The countries cu ...
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- Ethanol Distillation Facts
By: Simon Oldmann | - Due to the crazy rise of fuel price and the instability of the fuel market more and more people and trying all kind of alternative fuels, some people are just fed up with spending all their hard earned money to some countries that change the fuel price, usually with reasons that have almost nothing to do with fuel production cost. During the last 3 years there has been a constant and very sharp rise in the price of fuel, some of it was because of the Katrina disaster but most of it because of ...
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- Ethanol Touted As Innovative Solution To Today"€™s Rising Gas Prices
By: Stephen Pierce | - Copyright 2006 Stephen Pierce
As gas prices continue to surge higher and higher and concern over our countrys reliance on foreign oil grows more serious by the day, many experts are pointing to ethanol as a quick and easy solution to the current energy crisis.
What is ethanol? Ethanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel made from plants, often corn, that many claim will be safer for the environment as well as reduce our reliance on oil from the Middle East.
Tags: ethanol production, how to make ethanol, ethanol producer, making ethanol, how to make your own ethanol, homemade ethanol, how make ethanol at home, investin
- Flex Fuel Vehicle And Ethanol
By: Simon Oldmann | - Flexible fuel vehicles are just like an average car in the sense that they use a single gas tank. But it can run on a mixture of gasoline and alcohol based fuel. Any car made after 1988 can run on a mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline. A flexible fuel vehicle can run on a mixture of up to 85% ethanol. Modifications are needed for this ratio as alcohol based fuels are corrosive.
Fuel tanks and engines must be modified in flexible fuel vehicles. In the US, there is a special ind ...
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- Renewable Energy: Biodiesel
By: Donovan Baldwin | - Copyright 2006 Donovan Baldwin
You may have heard of biodiesel (or even biowillie), but for those who don't know much about it, we will get to an explanation of it in a moment. I just wanted to start with a small list of the benefits of using biodiesel.
BENEFITS OF BIODIESEL
Requires no special delivery equipment and can use existing infrastructure.
Can be used in present diesel engines without modification
Reduces carbo ...
Tags: biodiesel, ethanol, e85, fuel economy, environment, save money, hybrid, hybrid vehicles
- What Is Ethanol
By: Simon Oldmann | - The use of ethanol as an alternative fuel is becoming increasingly popular by ever conscious consumers wishing to do their little bit for the planet. It may even be a better alternative to bio fuel, it seems that it is a lot more pleasant to make at any rate.
What is Ethanol?
Ethanol is a grain alcohol, or plant mass formula derived from the natural sugars found in bio mass, or vegetation such as corn, wheat, barley, potatoes and sugar cane. This is then processed t ...
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- Ethanol As An Alternative
By: Simon Oldmann | - Ethanol fuel is changing our lives and changing the economy in ways no one anticipated before, with energy costs rising every day, there has been an increased interest in ethanol fuel. Ethanol is a variety of alcohol that can be produced in a natural fashion, similar to the way in which alcoholic beverages are produced. Ethanol can be used by itself in some specially designed vehicles, but it can also be used as a fuel additive, stretching traditional fuels in times of economic or environmental ...
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