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Old 02-19-2006, 12:50 PM
raymr raymr is offline
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Ford and other companies also have E85 vehicles on the road. They get lower mileage while running on the stuff, but the plan is to reduce the federal tax to make it competitive with gasoline. Large-scale fermentation plants will reduce the cost somewhat, but its still an energy-intensive process to convert sugars into alcohol. On the other hand, if it succeeds it could be a big break for South American countries that have huge sugar cane fields.
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