Overview of Ethanol Issues MITECHNEWS.COM has a great overview of ethanol and flex-fuel issues today. Among the highlights is the fact that that while ethanol use has more than doubled in the United States, renewable fuel and flex-fuel vehicle development still has a long way to go. Just 4% of the current US fleet can run on E85 ethanol, compared to nearly 75% in Brazil. The main reason for this is the fact that ethanol requires special tanks, hardware and engine callibration, making producing a flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) more costly. FFV's aside, ethanol is blended in more than 40 percent of the nation's fuel and demand is expected to continue to grow rapidly. Read Renewable Fuels, Flex-Fuel Vehicles Called Critical For Michigan, Nation from MITECHNEWS.COM Posted/updated May 23, 2006 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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