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Ethanol Ain't a "Clean Fuel"
Posted by Jonathan H. Adler  ·  17 September 2004  ·  Air Quality

A new report commissioned by the California Air Resources Board apparently confirms what many experts already knew: mandatory oxygenate requirements for gasoline do not produce cleaner air. To the contrary, requiring the use of ethanol -- the oxygenate of political choice -- actually increases emissions of ozone-forming compounds. The report is available here.