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ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA
* DC - E15 fuel harms autos, says study backed by carmakers, refiners
(Photo: Ethanol and Petrol fuel station)
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by Bryce Hoffman -May 17, 2012: -- A study backed by automakers and oil companies has found that a new blend of gasoline and ethanol recently approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could damage some engines, adding new fuel to the debate over the E15 standard... It found that the new formula, 85 percent gasoline and 15 percent ethanol, damaged two of the eight vehicles used as guinea pigs in the high-mileage test... But the Department of Energy, which conducted its own tests on the new standard, called the methodology "unreliable and incomplete" ...
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