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Many Cars Take Ethanol, Only A Few Pumps Give It Out
By Mr Ethanol | August 1, 2007
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Chief Engineer:
Steve Williams does what millions of American motorists can’t: Fill up on cheaper, ethanol-based fuel from a local gas station.
Advocates, including farmers and President Bush, have offered E85 - a blend of 85 percent ethanol and gasoline - as an affordable way to help the nation grow itself toward energy independence with a cleaner-burning fuel. They would like to see more people like Williams, who filled up his 2003 Ford Explorer with E85 on a recent morning.
But there’s a big hitch for this fuel of the future. There are too few pumps. While there are about 5 million “flexible fuel” vehicles on U.S. roads that can handle E85, there are only 1,145 public stations that offer the fuel nationwide, according to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
The nation’s roughly 167,000 retail gas outlets have been slow to invest the tens of thousands of dollars it takes to add E85 - especially when certification for the dispensers is in limbo and the market is so new. Many drivers don’t even know their recent-model flexible fuel cars can handle E85.
“ A lot of times a car is a person’s largest investment, so they’re cautious. ‘I’m putting alcohol in there? What!? Are you kidding?’” said Christian King, whose Mobil stations in Albany and 70 miles north in Warrensburg are the only ones in New York offering E85 to the public.
E85 is cheaper than regular unleaded gasoline.
Topics: Cars, Cheap, Ethanol, Gas |
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