GM Promotes Alternative Fuel Vehicles
It seems that GM has quietly taken a big step in promoting alternative fuel automobiles with their "Live Green, Be Yellow" ad campaign, and corresponding product lines. They claim to have over 1.5 million vehicles on the road that run on either gasoline, or the alternative fuel E85, or any combination of the two. For those of you unfamiliar with E85, it is a combination of Ethanol (85%) and Gasoline (15%), that burns cleaner than gasoline, and leverages renewable resources more efficiently. Taken from The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition's Web Site: "Today, the U. S. imports more than half of its oil, and overall consumption continues to increase. By supporting ethanol production and use, U.S. drivers can help reverse that trend. 85% ethanol can reduce pollution. Government tests have shown that E85 vehicles reduce harmful hydrocarbon and benzene emissions when compared to vehicles running on gasoline. E85 can also reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), a harmful greenhouse gas and a major contributor to global warming. Although CO2 is released during ethanol production and combustion, it is recaptured as a nutrient to the crops that are used in its production. Unlike fossil fuel combustion, which unlocks carbon that has been stored for millions of years, use of ethanol results in low increases to the carbon cycle. Ethanol also degrades quickly in water and, therefore, poses much less risk to the environment than an oil or gasoline spill." Check out GM's "Live Green, Be Yellow" web site for more information about this program and the 1.5 million GM vehicles that run on E85. Read more... This was seized 4 u at General Motors |
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