April 2006 Archives

Flexible Fuel Vehicles, cars that can run on e85 ethanol or gasoline

April 28, 2006April 28, 2006 e85 consumer 1 Comment

Below is a small list of FFV (Flexible Fuel Vehicles) that run on ethanol or an ethanol blend blend of 85% ethanol with 15% gasoline and is cleaner than burning gasoline alone.

Taurus FFV,
Explorer 4-door FFV, Explorer Sport Trac FFV, Mercury Mountaineer FFV,
Mercury Sable FFV; Ford’s Ethanol Vehicles: runs on any combination of
standard gasoline and corn or other starch feed stock with hundreds of refueling stations in America

More information on ford cars can be found at www.ford.com/en/vehicles/specialtyVehicles/environmental/ethanol.htm

GMC has a variety of alternative fuel Pickup Trucks and SUVs
available including trucks with E85
flexible fuel models
that run on gasoline or E85 (ethanol)

More info on GM cars can be found at
www.gm.com/automotive/innovations/altfuel/vehicles/pickup/

Benefits of ethanol E85 fuels

April 25, 2006April 25, 2006 e85 consumer Leave a comment

This information can be utilized to understand the benefits of E85 ethanol fuel to see why ethanol fuel has great potential for large scale applications.

E85 is easy to use and handle – E85 fueling equipment is slightly different and of similar cost to equipment used to store and dispense petroleum fuels. In some cases, it may be possible to convert your existing petroleum equipment to handle E85.
Ethanol supports our America’s farmers – With the nation’s farmers begining to sell their land to home developers, their land will once again become valuable for growing the corn necessary for ethanol prodcution and will preserve America’s Heart Land.
Using E85 reduces petroleum consumption – Use of E85 will reduce a fleet’s overall use of petroleum and replace it with a renewable-based fuel produced ("grown") in the United States.
E85 is good for the environment
– Beyond operational ease, E85 offers considerable environmental benefits. To learn more about fuel economy, greenhouse gas scores, and air pollution scores for individual vehicles, go to the U.S. Department of Energy/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s on-line Fuel Economy Guide. You can search for E85-fueled vehicles
by selecting "flexible-fueled vehicles" in the "Select Vehicle Type" pull-down menu. Once you are there, select individual vehicles to get fuel economy, greenhouse gas, and air pollution details.

Reduced ozone-forming and overall toxic tailpipe emissions
Reduced fuel lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide)
It is primarily composed of ethyl alcohol (ethanol), derived from renewable resources
Ethanol is biodegradable and much less of a spill threat to surface and ground water than petroleum-based fuel spills.

Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) are available and affordable
– FFVs specifically designed to run on E85 are becoming more common each model year, and FFVs are typically available as standard equipment with little or no incremental cost. See the current model year FFVs.

FFVs have flexible fueling options
– FFVs may operate on gasoline, and, in fact, most of the 4 million FFVs on US roadways do today. Although that is not a positive from an E85-use standpoint, it does underscore the flexibility FFVs offer fleets. When E85 is not available, or an FFV travels outside the fueling network, a driver may simply fuel with either fuel as the situation dictates.

Alternative fuels. A state by state list.

April 24, 2006April 24, 2006 e85 consumer Leave a comment

Below you will find a listing of Alternative Fuel Station counts by state and fuel type, CNG – Compressed Natural Gas, E85 – 85% Ethanol, LPG – Propane, ELEC – Electric, BD – Biodiesel, HY – Hydrogen and LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas.

Ethanol has been bolded for every state.
As of 4/23/2006

STATE	CNG	E85	LPG	ELEC	BD	HY	LNG	Totals by State
Alabama	1	0	74	0	0	0	0	75
Alaska	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	12
Arizona	30	5	74	18	4	1	4	136
Arkansas	4	0	57	0	0	0	0	61
California	179	3	257	406	18	9	30	902
Colorado	21	11	72	4	22	0	0	130
Connecticut	11	0	19	4	1	0	0	35
Delaware	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	7
DC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Florida	22	2	70	7	4	0	0	105
Georgia	16	6	51	0	17	0	0	90
Hawaii	0	0	6	11	3	0	0	20
Idaho	8	1	28	0	2	0	1	40
Illinois	11	96	73	0	9	0	0	189
Indiana	11	18	42	0	10	0	0	81
Iowa	0	41	29	0	8	0	0	78
Kansas	3	8	49	0	4	0	0	64
Kentucky	0	5	36	0	6	0	0	47
Louisiana	8	0	14	0	0	0	0	22
Maine	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	9
Maryland	13	4	19	0	3	0	0	39
Massachusetts	9	0	28	28	1	0	0	66
Michigan	15	6	88	0	13	2	0	124
Minnesota	3	203	34	0	2	0	0	242
Mississippi	0	0	40	0	6	0	0	46
Missouri	6	25	88	0	2	0	0	121
Montana	2	5	31	0	6	0	0	44
Nebraska	1	27	23	0	1	0	0	52
Nevada	16	1	25	0	10	1	0	53
New Hampshire	3	0	14	10	10	0	0	37
New Jersey	15	0	11	0	1	0	0	27
New Mexico	8	3	60	0	2	0	0	73
New York	37	6	28	0	4	0	0	75
North Carolina	11	9	67	0	36	0	0	123
North Dakota	4	22	16	0	0	0	0	42
Ohio	12	7	75	0	14	0	0	108
Oklahoma	53	4	72	1	5	0	0	135
Oregon	14	1	34	4	14	0	0	67
Pennsylvania	31	1	63	0	11	0	0	106
Rhode Island	6	0	4	2	0	0	0	12
South Carolina	5	31	34	2	24	0	0	96
South Dakota	0	33	22	0	0	0	0	55
Tennessee	6	5	59	0	9	0	0	79
Texas	29	4	628	2	10	0	2	675
Utah	63	3	27	0	3	0	0	96
Vermont	1	0	6	1	5	0	0	13
Virginia	12	2	25	0	10	0	0	49
Washington	14	2	60	0	18	0	0	94
West Virginia	2	2	8	0	0	0	0	12
Wisconsin	18	13	56	0	2	0	0	89
Wyoming	11	4	33	0	13	0	0	61
Totals by Fuel:	748	619	2750	500	348	14	37	5016