| If you watched the Olympics, you probably
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| | content. That means it's burned more
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| noticed that General Motors launched a
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| | completely than conventional gas, making
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| major advertising campaign, touting the
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| | it more environmentally friendly than
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| fact that 1.5 million GM vehicles are
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| | petroleum-based fuels. In fact, U.S.
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| able to run on E85, made from corn. If
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| | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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| you're new to the alternative fuel
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| | statistics suggest that E85 produces some
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| concept, perhaps you were left wondering
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| | 40% less carbon monoxide and 15% less
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| exactly what E85 is.The term E85 is
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| | production of other pollutants that
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| derived from the blend of two different
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| | contribute to smog.Those figures should
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| fuels, comprised of 85% ethanol (where
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| | be enough to get people excited about
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| the term E85 comes from) and 15%
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| | E85's prospects. It's also promising that
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| petroleum. E85 is able to be used by
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| | a huge automaker like GM has chosen to
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| vehicles that are known as flexible fuel
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| | spend large amounts of its advertising
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| vehicles (FFVs). So what's the big deal,
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| | dollars to bring the concept of green
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| and why is GM willing to spending many
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| | vehicles and fuel into the mainstream
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| millions of dollars to let people know
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| | consciousness, and they're to be
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| their vehicles will run on E85?Ethanol is
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| | commended. It represents a major first
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| an exciting concept, since it can be made
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| | step toward freeing America from
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| from virtually any type of starchy plant,
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| | dependence upon foreign oil, as well as
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| including sugar cane, wheat, canola, or
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| | lowering greenhouse pollutants and
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| milo. However, most American ethanol is
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| | providing American farmers with a new,
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| produced from corn, which is grown in
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| | profitable, stable avenue for selling
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| huge abundance in the Midwest. It could
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| | their crops. It seems to be a winning
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| represent a perfect union between farmers
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| | proposition for everyone involved.Not
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| and consumers, since it will give farmers
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| | surprisingly, E85 is most readily
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| a steady, reliable outlet for their corn
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| | available in the Upper Midwest, where the
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| and it will provide motorists with a
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| | majority of the corn to make it is grown.
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| cleaner, less expensive fuel that doesn't
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| | Some 400 of the 600 locations nationally
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| rely on foreign suppliers.But that's just
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| | are located in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota,
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| the beginning. E85 also helps reduce a
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| | North Dakota, Wisconsin, and South
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| vehicle's exhaust and greenhouse gas
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| | Dakota.
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| emissions, since it has a higher oxygen
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