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ETHANOL - Environmentally Friendly,

Clean, Efficient, and Renewable Ethanol is an alcohol made from sugar, starch, and fiber from plants. It is also a type of biomass fuel. A biomass fuel is a plant material, manure, and any other organic matter that is used as an energy source. When ethanol is mixed with alcohol, it creates a blend called E10. This kind of fuel has been approved for every car made in the US after 1980. The benefits of Ethanol are one it renews itself every year due to photosynthesis and that it is the most environmentally friendly source of fuel. Ethanol also keeps your car clean and improves the performance of your car. The Issues of Ethanol Are one It can cause many illnesses including cancer. Evidence of this is that it is a problem for local boaters because if Ethanol blends with gasoline it can cause damage to fiber glass boats and gas tanks. The second example is researchers do not know if the production of Ethanol can uphold human demands because of the lack of arable land. Ethanol is made of very common crops such as sugar cane, potatoes,and corn. these materials when made into ethanol are put in to the Ethanol cycle this cycle is much like the fossil fuel cycle except faster. You should use ethanol because of its many benefits, but be aware of it's negative conditions as well. the solution to this problem is to use ethanol more for our cars and until we can found how ethanol can meet are demands use it in moderation.

http://boatingsailing.suite101.com/article.cfm/ethanol_fuel_problems_for_boaters http://www.wepapers.com/Papers/70777/Quality_Issues_for__Ethanol_as_a_Fuel.ppt

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