| After months of continuous price hike, it dropped by | | | | fuel vehicles way back the year 2000. |
| about a dime but despite the decline it remains high for | | | | The Director of Environment, Energy & Safety Policy |
| what people thinks is affordable for them. There are | | | | for General Motors said, "We have 2 million owners |
| already alternative fuel discovered that may be used | | | | that own FFV vehicles---14 models. We're growing. |
| instead of the regular gas unfortunately most are not | | | | We have to grow with the ethanol industry." |
| readily available to everyone and that includes the | | | | The said plant clearly shows the suppliers are really |
| popular ethanol. And just recently representatives from | | | | trying to keep up with the demands. Dr. Bruce dale |
| General Motors together with the US Bio Energy say | | | | who is a chemical engineering professor at Michigan |
| that they are doing their best to change that. | | | | State University and who has been conducting 30 |
| The main objective is to produce ethanol from a | | | | years of research on the ethanol said, "What we're |
| variety of sources such as corn, prairie grass, corn | | | | learning how to do, is take that cheap material and |
| stalks and even lawn clippings. The main goal is to | | | | convert it into ethanol. It is going to happen." |
| produce enough supply of ethanol so that it can be | | | | There was one question that was raised by the media |
| readily available to consumers. | | | | and it’s with regards to the effect that ethanol |
| According to Jim Zook, General Manager of US Bio | | | | fueled vehicles will have on the environment. This was |
| Energy in Woodbury, "It is a viable option out there and | | | | answered by Dale. He said ethanol fueled vehicles |
| it continues to make a steady pace as an alternative | | | | reduce greenhouse gases and further explained, |
| fuel source." Zook together representatives from | | | | “The Carbon or the co2 in corn or grass came out |
| General Motors were gathered at the ethanol plant to | | | | of the atmosphere in the first place. The process of |
| discuss just what the American Auto companies are | | | | photosynthesis put that in the plant, now we're making |
| doing to help in reducing the nation’s dependency | | | | ethanol with it. We're going to burn it, the co2 goes |
| on foreign oil. General Motors has been building flex | | | | back up in the atmosphere and it is recycled. |