05-17-2006
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Democrats offer plan to cut US oil import reliance
Democrats offer plan to cut US oil import reliance
Reuters, by Chris BaltimoreWASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday offered a plan to cut U.S. oil import dependence 40 percent by 2020 by requiring more use of alternative motor vehicle fuels like ethanol. About a dozen Democrats touted their new "Clean EDGE Act of 2006" at a Capitol Hill news conference, less than a month after U.S. Senate Republicans withdrew their plan to counteract high gasoline prices by giving $100 checks to U.S. taxpayers.
Most GM cars now can use E85, so the goal of making the fleet use ethanol blends isn't far off...unfortunately, it takes energy to make ethanol...so far more than you get out in fuel. The cars get significantly (20%) less mileage when using E85 vs. all gasoline, so mpg will drop. The end result is that you will pay more and use more fuel, which will be made using oil or coal to make the ethanol. This is no solution at all.
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