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Ethanol: A 20th Century Solution

Posted on September 29, 2008

This article was written by Alan AtKisson in February 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.My ethanol car is not looking so good these days. I don't mean the scratch on the right rear bumper, caused by a nice lady who was distracted by her kids while backing out of her parking place last Saturday. I mean, of course, the carbon dioxide emissions coming from the tailpipe, and even the ethanol itself. Back in 2002, when my wife and I bought one of the early Flexifuel cars in Sweden, I felt very good about myself. A Flexifuel can be driven on 85% bio...

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