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Ethanol Blends: Renegades’ Recipe For A Cheaper Fuel
By Mr Ethanol | May 31, 2008
Some Minnesotans are boldly burning ethanol blends in their old cars, challenging the U.S. Clean Air Act and manufacturers’ warranties.
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Wally Lutz believes in ethanol, not least because his western Minnesota neighbors grow the corn that goes into the biofuel.
So for three years, Lutz has done his best to put at least half ethanol in his family cars, which aren’t meant to be powered by anything but standard gasoline. His commitment meant a stop at a gasoline pump and another at an ethanol pump at his Montevideo Cenex station every time he fueled up.
Managers there noticed a lot of people doing the same, so in March they installed two “blender pumps” that mechanically do the mixing for their customers.
But Lutz — and certainly many of the other Cenex customers — are not driving cars with “flex-fuel” engines designed to burn a mixture that’s mostly ethanol. And that makes them part of an open secret across Minnesota and much of the Upper Midwest: Growing numbers of drivers are choosing to burn the new fuel in their old cars.
They’re taking some risk. Read full article.
Topics: Biofuel, Cheap, Ethanol |
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