Nowadays, the gas you pump from almost every gas station contains a blend of gasoline and ethanol. The percentage of ethanol blend is indicated by the E number. For example E10 means the gas mixture contains 90% gas and 10% ethanol. In automobiles, ethanol fuel won’t do much harm to y...
The Energy Department’s EIA measures consumption of gasoline in terms of barrels supplied to the market by refiners, blenders, etc., and not by retail sales at gas stations. The volume of gasoline supplied has fallen for the third week in a row. This is u...
The oils collected can then be processed and refined for use as a liquid biofuel in diesel engines. One promising source of liquid biofuel is micro-algae, which can be grown on aquaculture farms. In addition, various alcohols can also be extracted to provide ethanol fuel for gasoline engines....
Do the people have the funds to be able to buy a hybrid when they are having trouble paying the cost of the gasoline? Would they even be able to sell their current SUV or truck for a price that would allow them to switch to a hybrid? W...
On the 5 year horizon, we should see a shift to higher fuel economy vehicles and PHEV's, perhaps some conversion of light trucks to CNG, further replacement of heating oil, a reduction in jet fuel and further replacement of gasoline by ethanol(10E to 15E). These changes could account for...