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Ethanol Fuel Is Gaining Ground And Saving Marylanders Money
By Mr Ethanol | September 29, 2008
Baltimore Sun:
Maryland motorists could hardly believe their eyes the other day when a few gas stations around the state advertised fuel at $1.85 a gallon.
Prices haven’t been at that level since January of 2005, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
But the fuel selling at $1.85 a gallon at five stations was different from that offered by the vast majority of other stations in the state.
It contained only a small amount of expensive imported oil. The primary ingredient was corn, a grain grown by farmers throughout the state and used primarily in the production of chicken feed.
In the fuel industry, they call it E-85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol, made primarily from corn, and 15 percent regular gasoline.
Unfortunately, those low prices didn’t hold very long. It was part of a promotion marking the opening of five new E-85 fuel outlets in the state.
Gas stations in Rockville, Frederick, Takoma Park and Germantown offered E-85 at $1.85-a-gallon for only 185 minutes recently.
But the opening of the stations selling corn-based fuel could still mean a nice saving for motorists at fill-up time. In recent months, E-85 has been selling at other gas stations for about 40 cents-a-gallon less that regular gasoline, said Lynne Hoot, executive director of the Maryland Grain Producers Association.
Topics: Ethanol, Money, Saving |
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