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Biofuels Fill Your Tank With Natures Goodness
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Fill Er Up Full Of Beans
From Fuel To Pure Water
Fuel Alcohol From Pea Starch
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Investigating The Greenness Of Biobased Products
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RP To Mass Produce Sugar Sorghum For Bio Fuel
Running On Vegetables
Some Alcohol Fuels Facts
The Alcohols Ethanol And Methanol
Veggie Fuels Feed Bottom Line
What Is A Fuel Cell

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Some Alcohol Fuels Facts

Alcohol fuels are made from renewable resources such as locally grown crops and even waste products such as waste paper or grass and tree trimmings. Methanol and Ethanol are two types of alcohol fuels used in cars. Ethanol can be produced from a variety of renewable resources, most commonly corn and sugarcane. Methanol can be made from renewable resources also, but today, methanol is primarily made from natural gas.

Alcohol fuels burn cleaner than regular gasoline and produce less carbon monoxide and have high octane.

Local production of fuel, from Michigan-grown crops, supports agricultural jobs. Supporting local business keeps dollars in the state and contributes to a healthy state economy. Production of fuels in-state provides energy self-sufficiency.

Did you know?

* Methanol has been used as a racing fuel at the Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway (for reasons of safety and performance) for the past 20 years!

* Ethanol was the fuel preferred by Henry Ford back in the early days of the Model T.

* "Flexible fuel" alcohol vehicles have an on-board fuel sensor that monitors the percentage of alcohol present in the fuel mixture and automatically adjusts the engine.

* There are flexible-fueled vehicles capable of operating on 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, 100% gasoline, or any combination in between. The on-board fuel sensor determines the ethanol/gasoline mixture, sends the information to the engine’s computer, and the air-to-fuel ratio and timing are instantaneously adjusted. There’s even a digital readout on the dashboard that shows the driver what the alcohol fuel percentage is at that moment!

* Alcohol fueled vehicles are available for the same price as gasoline vehicles.

* Chrysler makes ethanol flexible-fueled Town & Country, Caravans, and Voyagers.

* Ford makes ethanol flexible-fueled Ranger trucks and Taurus sedans.

* Mazda makes ethanol flexible-fueled B3000 pickup trucks.

Perihelion Global Opp, Alabama Facility Begins Commercial Production of Biodiesel; Meets Latest ASTM Biodiesel Fuel ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

The nation's largest biodiesel plant opened Monday at the Houston Ship Channel, expanding Texas' lead as the biggest producer of the alternative fuel. '
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Largest U.S. biodiesel plant opens at Ship Channel (Houston Chronicle)

Texas expanded its lead as the biggest producer of biodiesel fuel in the U.S. with the opening Monday of the nation's largest biodiesel refinery at the Houston Ship Channel. '
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Houston biodiesel plant to use non-food feedstock (Houston Chronicle)

Construction is under way on the first public full-service biofuel station in northern Nevada. Bently Biofuels Company, has developed a station featuring biodiesel and ethanol which is expected to open in Minden in September.'
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First biofuel station to open in northern Nevada soon (News 4 Reno)

Mon, Jun 2, 2008 (12:47 a.m.) Construction is under way on the first public full-service biofuel station in northern Nevada. The Bently Biofuels station featuring biodiesel and ethanol is expected to open in Minden in September.'
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Construction under way on biofuel station in Minden (Las Vegas Sun)

Construction is under way on the first public full-service biofuel station in northern Nevada. The Bently Biofuels station featuring biodiesel and ethanol is expected to open in Minden in September. '
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Biofuel Station Under Construction in Nevada (CBS 13 Sacramento)

Sun, Jun 1, 2008 (4:02 p.m.) Construction is under way on the first public full-service biofuel station in northern Nevada. The Bently Biofuels station featuring biodiesel and ethanol is expected to open in Minden in September.'
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Construction under way on biofuel station in Minden (Las Vegas Sun)

Construction is underway on the first public full-service biofuel station in northern Nevada. The Bently Biofuels station featuring biodiesel and ethanol is expected to open in Minden in September.'
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Northern Nevada's First Public Biofuel Station Set to Open in Fall (KTVN Reno)

The Mount Dora, Fla., pilot who took the first flight in a jet powered by vegetable-oil-based fuel says he plans to fly across the country using the fuel.Doug Rodante, who piloted a jet plane powered by Biodiesel Solutions 100 percent biofuel in October 2007, said he first wants to fly a jet across the country with the fuel and then take the veggie-powered plane around the world, the Orlando ...'
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Pilot plans biofuel flight (Moldova.org)

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The Chinese government needs to draw up new policies to ensure that its biofuel targets can be achieved efficiently and economically, said a researcher with the country's regulator, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).'
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