About Ethanol

Ethanol is a high octane, clean burning, American-made renewable fuel. Its production and use offer a myriad of benefits to the United States and its citizens. The use of ethanol reduces harmful auto emissions, offers consumers a cost-effective choice at the pump, and decreases the amount of expensive crude oil needed to satisfy the nation's fuel requirement.

Ethanol is produced at more than 150 facilities across the nation, most in the Midwest, and then blended into unleaded gasoline in varying percentages. Ethanol is most commonly retailed as E10, the 10 percent blend of ethanol for use in all automobiles. Increasingly, ethanol is also available as E85, the 85 percent ethanol blend for use in Flexible Fuel Vehicles. Study is being done on allowing the use of blends beyond 10 percent in standard automobiles.