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UNL ethanol car sets more praise I
By Jana Pedersen
Stiff Reporter___
After a test drive by President
George Bush last week, the Nebraska
Com Board’s ethanol-fueled E-85
car received two more endorsements
President lauds
possibilities of
‘alternative fuel’
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another with 22 percent ETBE. Bush
watched a digital readout as the cars
were running that showed ETBE
emitted less pollution than the base
fuel, Jenkins said.
Bush then test drove the E-85
Corsica with an ethanol additive in it
before departing for the Bob Dcva
ncy Sports Center, Jenkins said.
Bush told a crowd of 10,859 that
Lincoln is on the leading edge of
alternative fuel research. Pan of
Bush’s clean air plan is to harness
technology to clean up the environ
ment.
“Alternative fuel is going to help
us reconcile the automobile to the
environment,’’ Bush said.
when it was publicly unveiled Mon
day in Waverly.
The endorsements came trom
Tom Sneva, 1983 Indy 500 winner,
and David Lindahl, director of the
Office of Fossil Fuels for the U.S.
Department of Energy.
Sneva and Lindahl also acted in
two 30-second TV commercials that
will be used to promote ethanol use in
Nebraska. .. .
Lindahl said the E-85 car, which
runs on a blend of 15 percent gasoline
and 85 percent ethanol, is the best
way to help reduce air pollution from
exhaust fumes in the United States.
Sneva agreed.
“(Cars arc) an important factor in
all of our lives,” he said. “To con
tinue to use them, we have to reduce
air pollution.”
Lindahl said several cities which
have implemented oxygenated fuel
programs using fuels like ethanol
have had significant reductions in air
pollution.
Pollution-level reductions in the
United States could have a global
impact, he said, by reducing the
greenhouse effect and the probability
of a global climate change.
Because ethanol is a domestic
product, Lindah 1 said, its use also will
benefit the nation’s economy and
allow the U.S. to stop depending on
foreign nations for fuel.
The ethanol-blend fuel used in the
E-85 car also will be less expensive,
he said.
Lindahl said the Fossil Fuel Of
fice’s goal of selling ethanol blend
for 60 cents a gallon is achievable, k
making it more economical than
gasoline for American consumers.
The savings is complemented by
the safety of ethanol. Lindahl said
ethanol does not bum as easily as
gasoline.
Sneva said safety is the main rea
son why Indy race cars run on oxy
genated fuel.
Lindahl said since that switch was
made in 1965, there have been no
fire-related deaths in racing acci- I
dents.
The combination of a lower price,
increased safety and the same miles
per gallon should make ethanol
blends a wise choice for car drivers,
Lindahl said.
Last year, more than 8 percent of
the fuel sold in the United Slates,
almost nine billion gallons, was some
form of oxygenated blend, Lindahl
said. That figure is growing, he said.
Currently, there are five govern
ment-supported ethanol manufactur
ing plants and several independent
operations, he said.
The progress being made in etha
nol research today could reduce pro
duction costs by 40 percent, Lmdahl
* said.
That research is being supported
and monitored closely by the govern
ment, he said.
Lindahl said he hopes to help
implement a national policy on alter
native motor fuels which will help
market ethanol.
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