Refiners Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Big Oil Trying to Stop Gas Retailers From Selling Ethanol Blends (E15) https://www.greenoptimistic.com/big-oil-ethanol-e15-20130611/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/big-oil-ethanol-e15-20130611/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:27:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38253   In order to reduce emissions, all gasoline in the US is blended with 5% to 10% ethanol, but with the increasing fuel-economy of the light vehicle fleet, petroleum companies are feeling the pinch. When consumers buy ethanol-blended gasoline, E5 or E10 [5% and 10%, respectively], only 90% to 95% of that ever trickles back […]

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