UK gets its first bioethanol E85 pump
Just in time for the first
deliveries of Saab's 9-5 BioPower flex-fuel car, supermarket chain Morrisons opened the UK's very first E85 pump Wednesday. Pump 1 will
open in Norwich, followed by four other sites in eastern England.The Harvest BioEthanol E85 fuel will be priced about 2 pence per liter below gasoline. In many parts of the U.S., E85 costs as much or more than gasoline, as demand for ethanol exceeds supply.
Morrisons is also one of the UK's leading retailers of LPG auto fuel, with more than 45 outlets.
[Sources: Reuters, Morrisons]
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Philip Dunlop 6:39PM (3/16/2006)
It might also be worth mentioning that gasoline costs nearly two-thirds more in the UK than it does in the US.
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Gunnar Heinrich 7:18PM (3/16/2006)
The UK's petrol prices are higher, but more than 80% of their gasoline cost is from Gov't taxation.
Still, gasoline isn't the only thing the British pay more for their cars.
http://automobilesdeluxe.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-vain.html
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Dean W. Armstrong 7:29PM (3/16/2006)
In suburban Chicagoland, E85 is running 30 cents lower than regular unleaded (2.25 vs. 2.55) as of last weekend.
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Philip Dunlop 7:51PM (3/16/2006)
Kudos on the straw-clutchingly decent attempt at site plugging!
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