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Path to improved fuel economy includes ethanol

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A Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) director says the auto industry path to improved fuel economy includes higher blends of ethanol.

Randall Doyal, CEO of Al-Corn Clean Fuel in southeast Minnesota, tells Brownfield the ethanol industry is keeping up with advancements in automobile technology.

“We’re trying to get a higher and higher fuel economy, and the auto industry is saying that the way to get there is through higher compression, smaller and lighter engines that produce more horsepower from less, but require higher-octane fuels.  And they are looking at somewhere around 30 percent ethanol.”

He says RFA continues to educate consumers on the benefits of E-15 and higher blends of ethanol.

“It’s always been a frustration to me that in the U.S. we’ve listened to oil folks and others who’ve said that you can’t even use 10 percent blend, and you can drive any car that we make in the U.S. down to Brazil and you’re going to be running on 27 percent ethanol and your car will do just fine.”

Doyal, who recently completed his term as RFA chairman, says more infrastructure is needed to facilitate higher ethanol blends and provide additional choices at the pump.

 

 

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