Stimulus at issue for ethanol fuel

Houston Chronicle
By BRETT CLANTON Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
March 18, 2009, 10:30PM

President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package included greater incentives for fuel retailers to install E85 pumps, but the help may not make much difference.

That’s because several large issues have yet to be settled with dispensing E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline that is touted by the ethanol industry and Detroit automakers as a clean-burning way to reduce U.S. dependence on oil.

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