CCO can deliver E10 (10% ethanol) or E85 (85% ethanol)
to your bulk storage or fleet. We also offer E85 through
our Topeka Cardlock located at 4141 Lower Silver Lake Road and our Manhattan Cardlock located at 2320 Sky View.
Your vehicle must be a flexible fuel vehicle to be able
to use the E85. If you are interested in obtaining a fleet
fueling card, click on the 24 hour Cardlock tab for more
information.
on clean energy? Well,
85 percent ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline and comes
in a renewable supply. By harvesting crops produced every
year, we are assured
of an environmentally friendly fuel, which reduces the
need for foreign oil and fossil fuel.
is a high-octane, liquid; domestic, renewable
fuel, produced by the fermentation of plant sugars. In
the United States today, ethanol is typically produced
from corn and other grain products. However, in the future
it may be economical to produce ethanol from biomass resources
such as agriculture and forestry wastes or specially grown "energy" crops.
is the term for motor fuel blends of up to 85 percent
ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. E85 is considered an alternative
fuel under federal and state laws designed to increase
our domestic energy security and reduce vehicle emissions.
It looks and "fuels" just like regular gasoline;
however, ethanol does not contain many of the harmful carcinogens
and other toxic chemicals found in gasoline.
Public fueling stations sell
85 percent ethanol primarily in the Midwest and more E85
pumps are opening across the
country. For a current listing of stations that sell E85,
please see www.E85Fuel.com.
are specially designed to
run on any ethanol fuel blend up to 85 percent. Special
onboard diagnostics "read" the fuel blend, enabling
drivers to fuel with E85 or gasoline if E85 is not available,
without worrying about what is in the tank. E85 has superior
performance characteristics because of its high octane
rating (100 plus compared to gasoline's 89). Today, Ford
Motor Company, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler Corporation
all offer E85 engines as standard equipment in their vehicles;
therefore, little to no additional cost is incurred. The
vehicles are proven reliable and come with factory warranties.
, ethanol is a fuel that strengthens our
national economy and security. The United States now imports
more than half its oil, and overall consumption continues
to increase. By using E85, U.S. drivers can help reverse
that trend.
Today,
U.S. ethanol producers have the capacity to produce more
than 2 billion gallons each year. Ethanol is made primarily
from corn but can be made from many other feed stocks and
waste products. Therefore, the only limit on production
is the efficiency of the technology. A number of federal
and private studies conclude that corn to ethanol production
today creates 38 percent more energy than it uses!
.
Government tests have shown that E85 vehicles reduce harmful
hydrocarbon
and benzene emissions when compared to vehicles
running on gasoline. Ethanol fuel can also reduce carbon
dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. Although
carbon dioxide is released during ethanol production
and combustion, it is recycled as a nutrient to the crops
that are used to produce it. Ethanol is also non-toxic,
water soluble and biodegradable.
Plants are able to absorb carbon dioxide (C02) and give
off oxygen through a process called photosynthesis. Carbon
is the key element in the chemical structure of plants
and animals.
Fossil fuels were formed from prehistoric plants and animals
that transformed into impound carbon over the last 160
million years. The consumption of fossil fuels circumvents
the carbon cycle because it releases carbon that has been
locked away by nature without providing a way to reabsorb
it.
Conversely, ethanol works WITH the earth's carbon cycle.
Much of the C02 that is released when plants like corn
are converted into ethanol and burned in automobiles is
recaptured when new plants are grown to reproduce more
ethanol.
