ethanol
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He fails to mention that ethanol only delivers two-thirds as much energy a gallon as pure gasoline—and you’ll have to stop for gas more often.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Higher ethanol blends can also corrode gasoline pumps, storage tanks and other infrastructure unless retailers and distributors make upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
South Sudan has started to ration electricity in its capital, Juba, while Zimbabwe is increasing the ethanol content in its petrol.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The requirements are meant to help biofuel producers and farmers who produce ethanol and to reduce dependency on foreign oil, the EPA said.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
To the intense irritation of Cornwall’s broker, they wound up having to accept rail cars filled with ethanol in some stockyard in Chicago—to make a sum of money that struck the broker as absurdly small.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing ethanol
Elements of the Universe: Aether ("Sky")
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