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Ethanol Facts
1. Ethanol blended
fuels represent more than 12% of the U.S. motor gasoline sales.
2. Ethanol is
widely marketed across the country as a high octane enhancer and oxygenate that
reduces air pollution and improves automobile performance.
3. Ethanol
production reduces our energy Imports and exports our supplies of transportation
fuel, thereby reducing overall gasoline prices and benefiting consumers.
4. Ethanol blends
up to 10% are approved under the warranties of all the major auto manufactures,
domestic and foreign, marketing in the U.S.
5. 80% of all
revenue generated by an ethanol facility is spent within a 50 mile radius of the
plant, thereby creating substantial pockets of rural economic development.
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Ethanol Information
What is Fuel Ethanol?
Ethanol
(ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol) is a clear, colorless liquid with a
characteristic, agreeable odor. In dilute aqueous solution, it has a somewhat
sweet flavor, but in more concentrated solutions it has a burning taste.
Ethanol, CH3CH2OH, is an alcohol, a group of chemical compounds whose molecules
contain a hydroxyl group, -OH, bonded to a carbon atom.
More information
about specific processes is available from the links at left.
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