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Ethanol vs. Gasoline: Video shows how ethanol burns cleaner

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The Illinois Corn Growers Association has released a great new video demonstrating how ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline.

Using ethanol instead of gasoline helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 34 percent, even when hypothetical land use emissions are factored in. In 2013, 13.3 billion gallons of ethanol were produced, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from on-road vehicles by 38 million metric tons — the equivalent of removing 8 million cars from the road.

Ethanol also reduces tailpipe emissions by as much as 30 percent and cuts down on smog. Minnesota’s metro communities were not in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality standards until blending 10 percent ethanol in all gasoline helped clean the air.

But that’s enough statistics. Check out the video from the Illinois Corn Growers to see for yourself why ethanol is cleaner burning than gasoline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_-CIAjTInQ&list=UU7xxKJqNNB6GYqKRJyYplFg

 

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