There are lots of things to consider when you are buying a van. In the United States, alcohol gasoline was produced in corn-alcohol stills until Prohibition criminalized the manufacturing of alcohol in 1919. Curiosity in alcohol as an automotive fuel lapsed until the oil price shocks of the 1970s. Reacting to the high price of oil and its growing dependence on imports, in 1975 Brazil launched an enormous government-subsidized effort to fabricate ethanol fuel (from its sugar cane crop) and ethanol-powered automobiles. These ethanol-only autos were very popular within the 1980’s, however grew to become economically impractical when oil prices fell – and sugar prices rose – late in that decade. In recent years Brazil has encouraged the event of flex-gas automobiles, where the owner can use any mixture of ethanol and gasoline based on their individual value and performance objectives. In 2005, 70{afb8de367d5c56f97f366347771717df689dbe157c5b6a42b947025476a13eca} of the cars sold in Brazil … Read more
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