| Ethanol fuel is changing our lives and changing the | | | | mixture. It is common in the Midwestern United States. |
| economy in ways no one anticipated before, with | | | | Many other countries around the world start to |
| energy costs rising every day, there has been an | | | | consider using ethanol instead of regular fuel, Denmark |
| increased interest in ethanol fuel. Ethanol is a variety of | | | | for example, has also begun using this type of ethanol |
| alcohol that can be produced in a natural fashion, | | | | fuel. It appears to be doing well, though its use is not as |
| similar to the way in which alcoholic beverages are | | | | extensive as many of its proponents had hoped it |
| produced. Ethanol can be used by itself in some | | | | would be. There is still a long way for ethanol to |
| specially designed vehicles, but it can also be used as | | | | become a natural option for fuel, the United States had |
| a fuel additive, stretching traditional fuels in times of | | | | used ethanol fuel for less than one percent of its |
| economic or environmental hardship. Ethanol is used | | | | gasoline needs in the year 2002. |
| today by more people ever before, simply because of | | | | The other big issue surrounding ethanol is the |
| the cheap alternative to the soaring gas prices. | | | | environmental issue, it is still not absolutely clear that |
| Using ethanol fuel as an alternative to gas does require | | | | ethanol is in fact environment friendly, and whether the |
| motorists to get a special ethanol kit and install it in their | | | | environmental aspects of ethanol fuel are as good as |
| cars, but since gas prices have been unstable in the | | | | they have been previously described by the |
| last years many people feel that making that kind of | | | | supporters of ethanol fuel use. The growing concern is |
| investment will prove financially profitable in the future. | | | | that while the use of ethanol by itself may be good for |
| Ethanol fuel that is derived from crops has | | | | the environment, the resources and work done to |
| advantages over traditional fossil fuels. The ethanol | | | | provide the production of the ethanol could be |
| fuel is obtained from the sugars and starches in crops | | | | potentially dangerous for the forests, rainforests and |
| like corn and grains. It also burns cleaner than | | | | areas where the corn and other ethanol producing |
| petroleum based fuels due to its chemical composition, | | | | resources are being grown. While it is true that the fuel |
| alleviating some of the strain placed on the | | | | can be made from renewable resources there is |
| environment by exhaust emissions. The increased | | | | evidence that some rainforests are actually being |
| consumption of corn for ethanol use has already | | | | cleared to make space for crops that are used in the |
| started to affect the corn farms projections of yearly | | | | production of ethanol. As the controversy regarding |
| crops. | | | | the production of ethanol and its dangers, it is very |
| Blended ethanol fuel has proven to be an effective | | | | clear that this alternative source of energy is becoming |
| source of energy for several parts of the country, as | | | | more and more popular. |
| well as other parts of the globe. E10 is a typical | | | | |