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Why BioTown, USA doesn't have any ethanol

Well, this doesn't bode well for the ethanol industry. They've had ten years to get a system in place in Reynolds, Ind. (that's when Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels bequeathed the name "BioTown" on Reynolds), but it just isn't working. The idea is good: power all the cars in one small town with ethanol, heat all the homes with the methane gas from the town sewers and nearby hog farms. The results are not. While there are 135 "ethanol-burning cars" in town (the article in the Indianapolis Star doesn't specify that they are E85-compatible, but I ... Read more →

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