Urban Air Initiative Worried About Stocks, Not Ethanol
Ethanol is good for taking harmful particles out of automobile emissions, but a group committed to cleaner air is worried that gasoline makers might just end up putting more particulates in the blendstock.
“The [ultra-fine particulates] profile of the ethanol is very, very consistent,” but Greg Krissek, Director of Government Affairs for ICM, part of the Urban Air Initiative, told Joanna during the recent Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) Renewable Fuels Summit that as ethanol blends get higher, gasoline makers are increasing the amount of particulate-forming ingredients on their end.
But Greg is still optimistic that higher ethanol blends will be used in the future. “I think there are very positive discussions with automakers about how to use mid-level blends. What we don’t want to happen is the unintended consequence down the road of what happens to that gasoline blendstock.”
You can find out more on the Urban Air Initiative’s website.
Listen to Joanna’s interview with Greg here: Greg Krissek
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2 Comments
Francis Patrick
Well the secret is out. The reason for lower gas mileage with ethanol blended gasoline isn’t due to the lower btu content of ethanol but because of the low quality gasoline used in the blendstock. If the oil companies are going to use CBOB than the EPA should require higher blends of ethanol, E-30 wouldn’t be too much.
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