TomTom GPS Finds 85 Percent Ethanol Fuel
The “smart choice in personal navigation” just got smarter.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has released a new GPS application for TomTom users that maps out the location of E85 stations for flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers. RFA also released a similar GPS application for the Garmin GPS device last week.
“We are continuing to explore new ways to connect the consumer with ethanol-blended fuels,” says Robert White, RFA Director of Market Development. “TomTom and Garmin represent 67% of all GPS devices sold in the United States, and with our cooperation with the Department of Energy on station locations, this will continue to yield great results.”
The TomTom application will sort the closest E85 fueling stations to the user’s location and their chosen destination. This application is available as a national database, which includes all E85 fueling locations across the United States. FFV owners can download this application to their GPS device, either TomTom or Garmin, with a few simple steps by going to ChooseEthanol.com.
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JJ Joseph
If you look in your Owner’s Manual, you’ll likely see that ethanol-blended gas is prohibited in your car. The reason is that ethanol corrodes most fuel systems. Ethanol holds water in solution, and water corrodes. Don’t think that you can get away with running ethanol blends occasionally. Your car could totally drop dead unexpectedly in the wrong place!
Cindy Zimmerman
JJ – E85 is only for Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) with yellow fuel caps which are specifically made to use ethanol blends of up to 85 percent. As for the rest of cars, most vehicles on the road today can safely use up to 10 percent ethanol blends, for sure – and probably more than that, which is why the industry is asking for the ability to blend up to 15 percent in regular gas.
JJ Joseph
Even if your Owner’s Manual says it’s OK to use ethanol blends, you should avoid doing so because ethanol is harmful to the climate. It takes a barrel of oil to brew a barrel of ethanol, so you’re making twice the pollution by using an ethanol blend.
Cindy Zimmerman
JJ – where do you get that figure? I have never seen anything that says it takes a barrel of oil to make a barrel of ethanol. Please cite your source because it is simply not true. It two gallons of crude oil to produce one gallon of gasoline, according to Wikianswers, but I can’t find any source that says how much oil it takes to produce ethanol.
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