FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 27, 2005

Ethanolfacts.com Provides Consumers with Comprehensive Source on Ethanol

ST. LOUIS (July 27, 2005) -- During the past 20 years, American motorists have driven billions of hassle-free miles using ethanol-blended gasoline. Yet many questions about this growing fuel remain. A new web site, ethanolfacts.com, sets the record straight by offering consumers a single source of reliable information on this rapidly growing alternative to fossil fuels.

Ethanolfacts.com is an easy-to-use, comprehensive source of key ethanol informational links, as well as basic facts about ethanol and its benefits to the U.S. consumer.

“Utilizing common sense, homegrown renewable fuels is good for our national security, our environment and our economy,” said Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, chair of the Governors Ethanol Coalition. “American consumers are looking for reliable information about ethanol’s benefits to the environment, the economy and national energy security. Ethanolfacts.com contains a wealth of information that will assist consumers in sorting out the facts from the fiction when it comes to ethanol.”

Every major auto maker in the world approves of the use of 10 percent ethanol fuel under warranty. At ethanolfacts.com, consumers can take a look at every major automakers’ owner’s manuals to see what they say about ethanol for their individual cars. Users will also learn how ethanol improves engine performance, reduces carbon monoxide emissions and offers other environmental benefits.

Consumers concerned about record-high gasoline prices will also find information about ethanol’s ability to moderate pump prices.

Ethanolfacts.com also includes facts on:

• E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent unleaded gasoline that is gaining in popularity in the alternative fuel marketplace;
• Emerging uses of ethanol, such as E-diesel and ethanol-based aviation fuel;
• The energy value of ethanol, including information on the fuel’s energy balance;
• The environmental benefits of ethanol;
• How ethanol helps America’s economy;
• How and where ethanol is produced.

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