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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. 40 CFR § 80.27

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House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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heavy duty on-road vehicles, off-road vehicles, locomotives, marine and aviation engines. The draft adds HFCs to the list of similar substances that EPA currently regulates because they deplete the ozone layer. American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 Discussion Draft Full Text. light duty vehicles—e.g.,

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