How to Win a Flex-fuel vehicle
Posted by Cash for Clunkers on November 17th, 2009Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said, a bonus is a good option.
“By offering a winning lottery ticket and the E85 as a fuel for vehicles and its partners are helping to promote the industry is increasingly important to Kansas,” said the governor. ”
The demand for ethanol has created a growth in the Kansas wheat market.”
Good ethanol industry, perhaps, but the question of the value of a way to reduce gasoline consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases.
According to official EPA fuel economy ratings for 2007 GMC Sierra Classic 1500 with four wheels (Crew Cab), when access to the highway driving 15 miles straight, operating on unleaded petrol in the city, 19 miles driving .
Operation of the use of E85 fuel, this figure dropped to 11 miles and 14 miles respectively. This is the same as a Hummer H2 (flex-fuel version will be available beginning with 2008 models).
Even the goods of E85 fuel to run all the time, but still up to 61 petrol (gasoline 15% ethanol in E85 form) runs only as the Honda Civic Hybrid gasoline%.
Most people in favor of the hypothesis is consumed actually contains the full 85% ethanol: the use of E85 ethanol content decreased in winter as low as 70%, to improve property performance ASTM E85 standard.
Of course, in practice, since flex-fuel ethanol in the United States consumed more than the number of owners, well below 85%, and still in single digits.
It is very easy to see why: In addition to research to find a gas station had four sales of the use of E85, the lucky winner will be the trucks (according to EPA) must pay $ 889 or more per year to maintain E85 drunk for the use of vehicles without leaded petrol.
People have to wonder if the profits of the lottery will provide a net gain of Kansas.
In addition to the use of E85 fueling equipment for installation (up to 40% of the total cost of up to 160,000 for the station) to provide tax relief on income, the government has also paid 7.5 million from the factory in is located in cents per gallon of ethanol tax credit status.
Environmental benefits
Bio-ethanol is a renewable fuel that can produce almost all crops, like corn, wheat, sugarcane and cellulose. In these environmental benefits, owners in many markets to compensate, there should be a lower price of bio-ethanol fuel pumps.
One single renewable fuel will not be able to replace the current fossil fuels, alternative fuels, the range will probably be in the distant future, more extensive.
Many different fuels and technologies, is being developed in parallel. Ethanol to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Bio-ethanol – the future?
The demand for renewable bio-ethanol is growing steadily in Europe. Has 23 plants producing ethanol in Europe is expected that in 2008 just over 60.
Approximately 7.2 million gallons of ethanol produced annually within the EU, primarily from sugar beet and various grains. The capacity is expected to increase three times in 2008.
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