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This short video below discusses some interesting facts about ethanol; its production; how its better than gasoline for the environment; and how its also good for the farmers that grow the corn used in ethanol production.

What is E85 Ethanol & How is it made

Rising gasoline prices have heightened consumer awareness about E85 ethanol. These days, there is much ado about this fuel, and why shouldn’t there be? After all, it costs close to thirty five percent less than gasoline and is quickly becoming the preferred choice for motorists at the pump stations. E85 ethanol is already widely used in Sweden and pump stations in America, with states like Minnesota and Illinois having the highest rate of E85 fuel pumps servicing motorists.

What is E 85 Ethanol?
When 15 percent of leaded gasoline is combined with eighty five percent of ethanol, the result is the low-cost E85 ethanol fuel. Widely available in the US, it is an alcohol-based fuel that can be produced from employing the use of two methods. The first source of production involves the fermenting and distilling of starch-like feedstock. They include corn, barley, and wheat. The next method, which is referred as bio-ethanol, involves extraction from trees and grasses.

Although the price of the Ethanol E85 may be foremost on consumer’s minds, it also gets the nod from earth activists because it is an environmentally friendly product. It burns clean and its key ingredient source is renewable. Ethanol E85 also eliminates the import of crude oil because it is locally produced and is also known for increasing the octane rating in fuel while decreasing the harmful emissions caused by gasoline.

Ethanol E85 will run well in flexible fuel vehicles like those manufactured by Daimler Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Isuzu and Nissan to name a few. But, if you don’t own a vehicle by one of the above-mentioned manufacturers, you need not fear. Some people are not aware that many other cars manufactured today are Ethanol E85 compatible. It is best to find out from your car dealer if you have a flexible fuel vehicle.

How is E85 Ethanol Made?
The method for producing Ethanol E85 is long and complex. The maker has to first extract sugar from biological feedstock in order to begin the process. Corn is the leading ingredient in Ethanol E85 gas. And the starch in it can easily be converted into sugar. Sugar for this fuel can also be extracted from cellulose, which is a sugar based ingredient found in trees and grasses.

Once the feedstock is collected, it goes through a grinding process to extract the sugar. Sugar fed into microbes quickly produces ethanol and carbon dioxide, which finally endures purification stages to get the ethanol to the right consistency.

There is another method of manufacturing Ethanol E85 oil or grain alcohol, as it is also known, and this is through a wet-milling process. This is also the method that large-scale manufacturers use when producing high-fructose corn sweetener.

Ethanol E85 is an innovative and renewable resource with many positive characteristics, making it one of the leading topics of discussion for those looking to help the earth and looking to keep a few extra bucks in their wallet.

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Feds to create centers for cellulosic ethanol
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- The federal government is planning to spend $250 million to help create two research centers that will focus on finding more efficient ways to produce cellulosic ethanol a...

° NREL: Biomass Research - Awards
... mobilis makes possible substantial decreases in capital equipment and operating costs for cellulosic ethanol production. This award reflects NREL's genetic engineering expertise and focus on reducing ...
http://www.nrel.gov/biomass/awards.html

° www.hightowerlowdown.org
... the fields after harvest, sawdust and tree trimmings, and urban landscaping waste) to make "cellulosic ethanol." This alcohol creates almost no greenhouse gases during its manufacture or when it's ...
http://www.hightowerlowdo ..._n5/may05_v7_n5_3.cfm

° "Independence Way" by Sam Jaffe
... So-called cellulosic ethanol has been around for years, but breaking down the cellulose to make it fermentable was inefficient, expensive, and manufactured a fair amount of pollution. A Canadian ...
http://www.washingtonmont ...tures/2004/0407.jaffe

° http://www.altenergy.org/NEWSLETTER/103

° Cleantechblog
... hot water/heating: 17 percent off-grid solar PV: 17 percent geothermal heat capacity: 13 percent ethanol: 11 percent These compare with annual growth rates of fossil fuel-based electric power capacity ...
http://www.cleantechblog.com/

° Home / World Wide / U.S.A. / Energy, US national security and the Middle Eas...
http://usa.mediamonitors. ...tent/view/full/14737/

° Issues in S and T, Winter 2001, The Ethanol Answer to Carbon Emissions
... The third is an internal combustion engine using ethanol from cellulosic biomass that is grown and processed with no fossil fuels. Battery-powered cars are expensive and a potential public health ...
http://www.issues.org/issues/18.2/lave.html

° Sus Ag 600 - Colloquium - Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture - Iowa...
... Beyond Net Energy: Nonrenewable Energy Use and Some Environmental Impacts of Corn and Cellulosic Ethanol." After each presentation, a 10-minute rebuttal will be offered by each speaker ...
http://www.sust.ag.iastat ...usag600/homepage.html

° The Energy Blog
... 0.2 units of fossil energy are used to produce cellulosic ethanol. The first commercial-scale enzymatic reduction hydrolysis plant is scheduled to be built and operational by Iogen within two years ...
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/

° Links to environmental and ecology friendly organizations and shopping
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° SQ News :: Fighting for Truth
... vehicles, and through increased production of non-petroleum transportation fuels, such as cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel, that are compatible (unlike hydrogen) with the existing infrastructure. And ...
http://www.sqnews.com/mod ...ws&file=index&catid=9

° CRS Report: RL30369 - Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues - NLE
... Research and Development in Cellulosic Feedstocks For ethanol to play a more important role in U.S. fuel consumption, the fuel must become price-competitive with gasoline. Since a major part of the ...
http://www.ncseonline.org ...2337&CFTOKEN=73852527

° The Office of Science - Human Security and Peace Keeping: Energy Conflict
... i. biofuels derived from plant cell walls (cellulosic ethanol), and ii. hydrogen produced from water using energy from the sun (biophotolytic hydrogen). i. Cellulosic ethanol. The long term goal would ...
http://www.er.doe.gov/Sub ...and Peace Keeping.htm

° Current email list contractor - Cellulosic Ethanol Workshops for Ethanol Pro...
... could: A list of proposals on which the Government is seeking input is set out on pages 3 Cellulosic Ethanol Workshops for Ethanol Producers: Logistics Contractor will assist sponsors in identifying ...
http://email-list.yoursup ...l-list-contractor.htm

° The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Brazil's ethanol effort helping lead to o...
... But huge investments in research are needed to bring the costs down for this so-called "cellulosic" ethanol. What most can agree on is that Brazil is an example of what might have been if the United ...
http://seattletimes.nwsou ...093_brazilfuel17.html

° Setting the Record Straight on Ethanol
... balances. Happily, in addition to starch-based feedstocks, ethanol can be produced from "cellulosic ... ... Further, cellulosic ethanol will typically have twice the ethanol yield of corn-based ethanol, at ...
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid1157.php

° PBS Discussions :: View topic - Point-Counterpoint
... form. My reading indicates that cellulosic not sugar or starch ethanol is the most promising fuel ... ... However, little seems to be progressing in overcoming the final obstacles to cellulosic ethanol, i ...
http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?p=231278

° RENew Mailing List: Date Index
... Carol A. Overland May 23 2005 [FW: A Tailwind is Blowing] Bruce Anderson RE: FW: Creating Cellulosic Ethanol: Spinning Straw into Fuel Kinney, George [Fwd: [CERTS-SE] biomass could displace 30% of US ...
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