Very recently you have probably heard a lot about Ethanol Fuel. This is the same alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. This fuel has already been in use for many years in Brazil. It is much clea
ner, more powerful and also cheaper since it can be harvested. Ethanol fuel can be made from many different types of crops, for example: sugar cane, corn, switch grass, and many others. The process of making this fuel is pretty simple. First of all the sugars need to be fermented, then it needs to be distilled, then to get the final product there is the process of dehydration. Dehydration is the process in which almost all the water is taken out from the solution. Even though this fuel seems to be perfect, it not. The consumption of ethanol is much higher than gasoline, about 35% to be exact. Another setback is that this fuel has a higher during temperature than gasoline which means that if you live in the cold your car will take about 5 to 10 minutes to start since you have to warm it up. Thankfully this problem has already been solved since now Ethanol fuel cars come with an extra gas tank where you would put in gasoline. Then in the morning you would press a bottom to inject some gasoline to get the engine started. The latest technology in Brazil for Ethanol fuel is called "Flex", which is a tuned engine that you can put Ethanol or normal gasoline. Hopefully the U.S. will also start taking Ethanol fuel more seriously so we can reduce pollution and reduce the price for us drivers.
Very recently you have probably heard a lot about Ethanol Fuel. This is the same alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. This fuel has already been in use for many years in Brazil. It is much clea
ner, more powerful and also cheaper since it can be harvested. Ethanol fuel can be made from many different types of crops, for example: sugar cane, corn, switch grass, and many others. The process of making this fuel is pretty simple. First of all the sugars need to be fermented, then it needs to be distilled, then to get the final product there is the process of dehydration. Dehydration is the process in which almost all the water is taken out from the solution. Even though this fuel seems to be perfect, it not. The consumption of ethanol is much higher than gasoline, about 35% to be exact. Another setback is that this fuel has a higher during temperature than gasoline which means that if you live in the cold your car will take about 5 to 10 minutes to start since you have to warm it up. Thankfully this problem has already been solved since now Ethanol fuel cars come with an extra gas tank where you would put in gasoline. Then in the morning you would press a bottom to inject some gasoline to get the engine started. The latest technology in Brazil for Ethanol fuel is called "Flex", which is a tuned engine that you can put Ethanol or normal gasoline. Hopefully the U.S. will also start taking Ethanol fuel more seriously so we can reduce pollution and reduce the price for us drivers.
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