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

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. Already the world’s biggest producer and exporter of sugar, farmers reaped the benefits of this new demand. 40 CFR § 80.27