Published in ERW, 4 Dec 2012
The presence of fog in the morning can affect the amount of ozone that lingers in the air during the combustion of ethanol, according to a US study. The result will make decisions trickier regarding the uptake of ethanol-based fuels, which some scientists already believe to be less clean burning than petrol.
The use of ethanol as a transport fuel has increased in recent years. Some countries, including Brazil, are already using high blends – up to “E100”, or 100% ethanol. Meanwhile, the US is expected to take on E85 – 85% ethanol and 15% petrol – in up to one in 10 vehicles by 2035, entailing an annual ethanol combustion of 9.5 billion gallons. […]
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