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Ethanol fuel is a clean-burning
Ethanol fuel is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that is produced from renewable or feedstocks sources. At its most basic, ethanol is "grain" alcohol, produced from crops such as sugar cane or corn. Because it can be domestically produced, ethanol can help reduce a country's dependence upon foreign sources of energy which is crude oil mainly from Middle East. Ethanol fuel is a clear, colorless liquid. There are many countries trying to produce ethanol based on it's own resources. Ethanol can be produced from a variety of feedstocks, such as sugar cane, miscanthus, sugar beet, sorghum, switchgrass, barley, hemp, kenaf, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, sunflower, fruit, molasses, whey or skim milk, corn, corn cobs, grain, wheat, wood, paper, straw, cotton, grain sorghum, barley, other biomass. Ethanol produced from "cellulose biomass" such as trees and grasses and is called bioethanol Ethanol Fuel can be produced from a variety of feedstocks, such as sugar cane, miscanthus, sugar beet, sorghum, switchgrass, barley, hemp, kenaf, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, sunflower, fruit, molasses, whey or skim milk, corn, corn cobs, grain, wheat, wood, paper, straw, cotton, grain sorghum, barley, other biomass. Ethanol fuel is a considered as a very high octane fuel, replacing lead as an octane enhancer in gasoline. But fuel that burns too fast makes the engine "knock". The higher the octane level, the slower the fuel burns, and the less likely the engine will knock. When ethanol is mixed with petrol, the octane level of the petrol goes up by three full points and without using harmful additives. This is a plus factor. Adding ethanol to gasoline "oxygenates" the fuel, adding oxygen to the fuel mixture so that it burns more completely and reduces polluting emissions such as carbon monoxide. Ethanol produced from "cellulosic biomass" such as trees and grasses and is called bioethanol Ethanol is most commonly used to increase octane and improve the emissions quality of gasoline. Ethanol can be blended with gasoline to create E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. E85 and blends with even higher concentrations of ethanol, E95, for example, qualify as alternative fuels under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct). Vehicles that run on E85 are called flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) and are offered by several vehicle manufacturers. The United States Ethanol Fuel industry is based largely on corn snippet of article Click here for Full Article
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