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Much had been said about the situation of the environment. Many ways had already come out of the way just to save Mother Earth. The most common of these ways is developing alternative fuels that, many people are claiming, will help improve the situation of the environment. I would not stand to claim stuff that are contrasting to what they have said. Personally, I very well like the idea of the sprouting alternative fuels today. However, there are things still that are unclear to us regarding such fuels. One of these fuels is ethanol or E85.

Though almost widely-used nowadays, people still tend not to know first-hand what ethanol really is. Many myths had sprouted regarding this fuel and this post aims to answer or correct the claims as far as my source is concerned.

First, people believe that ethanol is rarely used in cars here in America. That is not so true. Oftentimes, even people who actually use ethanol don’t really know that they are consumers of it. In many places here, small amounts of ethanol are mixed with gasoline having the purpose of reducing emissions. If you think that ethanol is only used for ethanol-fueled vehicles, 10 percent ethanol mixed with 90 percent gasoline is safe for most of the vehicles. Other higher ethanol mixtures such as E85 (a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline) should only be used for vehicles that are really designed for that kind of fuel.

Second, ethanol-ready vehicles are equally available in all sizes. Half of the number of vehicles that are designed to be powered by E85 is attributed to full-sized pickups and SUVs. Therefore, you may get disappointed when you try to look for small cars that could be efficiently powered with this kind.

So these are just two of the myths and there are two more to go. Watch out for my next post for the other two.