“Just A Minute” Short Educational Video about Retrofitting to Use E85 in Existing Vehicles
(Advanced Biofuels USA) The third in the “Just A Minute about Renewable Fuels” short educational video series in four minutes explains how to decrease the carbon footprint of existing vehicles while waiting for electric vehicles to be affordable, available, powered by renewables using fair trade batteries. It describes flex fuel vehicles and how to retrofit an older car to use cleaner burning, renewable E85, 85% renewable fuel as a way to decrease its pollution and carbon footprint.
If you have a flex fuel vehicle (FFV), you can already use gasoline with blends up to 85% renewable ethanol. Even if you don’t have a flex fuel vehicle or don’t retrofit for E85, if your car is built in 2001 or later, you can use up to 15% ethanol fuel called E15, sometimes branded as Unleaded 88 which indicates the higher octane that you get from the added ethanol.
If you have an older vehicle that is past its warranty, you might want to look at retrofitting it to use cleaner burning, high octane E85. E85 is usually less expensive, too.
An embedded video, courtesy of Jenny Carrington, explains how one retrofit system works.
For more information, check out these additional resources:
EPA Announces a Waiver to Allow the Use of Gasoline Containing Greater than 10% Ethanol in 2001 though 2006 Light-Duty Vehicles. https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/epa-announces-a-waiver-to-allow-the-use-of-gasoline-containing-greater-than-10-ethanol-in-2001-though-2006-light-duty-vehicles/
You, Too, Can Have a FlexFuel Vehicle (or, Your Favorite Car Can Go Vegetarian) https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/you-too-can-have-a-flexfuel-vehicle-or-your-favorite-car-can-go-vegetarian/
E85 Retrofit Project: Getting Started, Choosing a Retrofit Kit https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/e85-retrofit-project-getting-started-choosing-a-retrofit-kit/
Walking the Walk in Advanced Biofuels USA’s “E30 and Beyond Retrofitted” Focus https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/walking-the-walk-in-advanced-biofuels-usas-e30-and-beyond-retrofitted-focus/
More about Flex Fuel Vehicles: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/flex-fuel-vehicles-ffv/
More about E85: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/e85/
More about E15: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/e15/
More about E85 conversions: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/e85-conversion-kit/
More about decreasing pollution with high ethanol blends: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/?s=%22Urban+Air%22