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Study finds US refining sector could produce higher octane E20 and E30 at modest additional cost; enabling more efficient engines

Green Car Congress

Ford, GM and Chrysler has found that, by increasing the volume of ethanol, the refining sector could produce hydrocarbon blendstocks for oxygenate blending (BOBs) yielding finished E20 and E30 gasolines with higher octane ratings at modest additional refining cost (ARC): e.g., ? 10% for 100-RON E30) and (ii) reduce crude oil use (e.g., ?

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

Hydrogen and fuel cells remain decades from meaningful deployment, even their supporters concede. For the foreseeable future, ethanol remains dependent on corn. Meanwhile, in a back to the future moment, T. The Arab oil embargo and price increases of the ‘70s pushed the U.S. off petroleum in the short term.

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