fuel
As September approaches, thousands of young adults across the country start preparing to go to their postsecondary institutions. But this year (more so than in recent years), students and parents are starting to feel the cost crunch as prices for what seems like everything rise across the board. Because a lot of children live away from home during their academic studies, the rising cost of fuel has become of particular concern to parents as their potential visits home from their kids are threatened by the affordability of gasoline.
To most people, ethanol fuel appears to be a thing of the future. Sure, David Suzuki keeps extolling the benefits on television, and it seems like a great idea, but not one that is really affecting us now. This is a complete misconception. Currently, and for the last six years, five plants have been producing ethanol fuel in Canada, and they have the ability to produce up to 175 million litres of ethanol fuel per year. In addition, cars that have been manufactured since the 1970’s have been made to be compatible with up to 10 percent ethanol fuel in the gasoline mixture. This means that ethanol fuel is already here and is relevant to us now.
