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Pacific Ethanol : Fueling California’s Energy Demands
Description
Driven by Demand: Fueling Clean Air Goals
The energy bill passed by Congress last year requires an increase in ethanol use by refiners to 7.5 billion gallons by the year 2012 - nearly double the current total of roughly four billion gallons per year. The market for ethanol in the United States has grown dramatically in recent years as states across the country have banned MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether), a fuel additive formerly required to increase octane levels of gasoline. Ethanol is the only other commercially viable additive that will bring gasoline into compliance with state and federal clean air regulations. In 2003, Californians consumed 750 million gallons of ethanol; 2004 saw that number jump to 900 million gallons.
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