Since then, the province has been waiting for an expansion of the sole ethanol plant in Manitoba. The Husky Energy ethanol plant in Minnedosa is going from 10 million litres per year to 130 million litres per year. Grain is milled, mixed with water and cooked. Then enzymes are added to change the starch to a sugar. Yeast is added, causing the grain to ferment. The substance, now known as mash, is then distilled or heated so it sends off a vapour. The vapour is cooled into liquid form, which is ethanol. It is treated with a small blend of gasoline to make a fuel-grade ethanol. When the ethanol mandate kicks in, almost every gas station in Manitoba will sell ethanol-blended fuel. It will be a requirement that 85 per cent of the gas sold is gasohol, or an ethanol blend.
The ethanol mandate is intended to cut tailpipe emissions and should reduce Manitoba's overall greenhouse gas emissions by 135,000 tonnes, [Jim Rondeau] said. The provincial government says that takes into account all the emissions produced from growing the wheat, from the ethanol production process, and from the autos that burn the blended fuel. The cost of producing ethanol has come closer to the cost of producing regular gasoline, as the price of oil went up, Rondeau said. But to keep the pump price stable, the province is subsidizing ethanol production by about 20 cents a litre to start. That subsidy will be reduced in stages over eight years, then eliminated, Rondeau said. ETHANOL is an alcohol made from distilled grain. Most fuel-grade ethanol is produced from corn but it can be m...
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Then in 2005, the Calgary-based petroleum company reignited Manitoba's ethanol dreams by announcing plans for a $145 million expansion that would increase ethanol production in Minnedosa to 130 million litres per year. The simple answer is no, with a 10 per cent ethanol blend. Almost every car manufactured in the last three decades will function perfectly if not better with a 10 per cent ethanol blend, according to ethanol producers. Most current model cars have approved ethanol blends for use under the vehicle warranties. Right now most Husky and Mohawk gasoline stations already sell ethanol-blended gasoline under the brand name Mother Nature's Fuel. Once the new ethanol mandate in Manitoba takes effect in mid-2007, you should begin seeing ethanol blends available at most gas stations ...
...However, subsidies for oil and gas and ethanol production were untouched. The last time we saw ...
Over the years, we've had people call us and ask if it's safe to use ethanol-blended fuels in their vehicles and we've asked if they've ever bought gas in Minnesota," [Shaun Loney] said. "Almost all gasoline sold in Minnesota contains ethanol and Manitobans have been filling up with it every time they go down there and there's never been a problem.
Five per cent is ambitious. It's not very far away, but we know it is reachable, it's achievable and we will make sure that, when we put forward our framework, all regions of Canada have an opportunity to participate. "It's not that ethanol is bad. It's just that it is really not a Kyoto strategy." "It's good news for those who want to produce the crops that will be turned into ethanol and big news for those who run the ethanol producing operations," said John Bennett with the Sierra Club of Canada.
If it's good for the ozone layer, that's great," said Catherine Morrison, after filling up her Jeep before heading back to Ontario after the holidays. "We pay more for organic food because it's better for us, so I hope healthy gas doesn't go the same way. "If the cost to us doesn't increase, then ethanol-blended gas is a good thing," said [Rosalie Pilon], who recently purchased a Toyota Corolla, in part because of its fuel efficiency. At the business end of the pump, a smiling David Gebru, manager of a Shell station on Henderson Highway, said he's had no complaints since introducing the ethanol-blended fuel last month, ahead of schedule. In fact, his gas prices fell by a cent on Tuesday.
Toyota's FJ Cruiser and the all-new Hyundai Santa Fe have just achieved the top frontal offset crash rating of 'Good' from the US-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The IIHS performs the toughest frontal test in the crash test field; even the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acknowledges that the IIHS offset test eclipses their frontal test, which bonks the vehicle into a solid barrier. Side impact and rear impact tests are pending, which would then determine if the 'utes will be able to add 'Best Pick' designations to their glossy brochures. The IIHS has also added the new Volkswagen Rabbit to it's Silver Top Pick list, which involves data from front, side, and rear crash tests. Visit the Institute online at www.iihs.org. Renewable fuels, such as ethanol and ...
What if the polls are wrong? Perhaps green is just the latest fad or fashion. If people ignore ethanol, if they squeal like stuck pigs at the prospect of fluorescent lighting and do not care that they've just bought their lieutenant-governor a great gas-guzzling car to ride around in, imagine what they'll do when climate change regulations really hit their wallets, when saving the Earth no longer means also saving money, and they are instead forced to pay money to do it. Politicians better hope the polls are right, because if being green goes out of style and gets expensive, light bulbs won't be the only things popping at the polling booths. if the savings are so great, the benefits so obvious -- we're rescuing the planet here, after all -- and if Canadians are, as they claim to be, mor...
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