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Old 01-16-2008, 01:22 PM   #16 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by metroschultz View Post
During the Gas Crisis of the 70's only 1 country in the world made a significant effort to become energy independent. Brazil. IIRC they now have in place a system to use totally re-newable sources and their cars are required to be able to run on 85% ethanol. Which they produce in-country.
Time to get off my soap box. S.
Most of the fuel available is E20 - with E85 available in some areas... Some of the cars today can even run on E100....
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