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20/12/20 12:20 PM IST

E20 fuel to cut vehicular emissions

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The government proposed the adoption of E20 fuel as an automobile fuel in order to reduce vehicular emissions as well as the country’s oil import bill.

E20 fuel
  • E20 fuel is a blend of 20% of ethanol and gasoline.
  • These blends have been widely used in Brazil since the late 1970s.
  • As a response to the 1973 oil crisis, the Brazilian government made mandatory the blend of ethanol fuel with gasoline, fluctuating between 10% to 22% from 1976 until 1992.
Merits
  • To reduce vehicular emissions.
  • To reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, etc.
  • To reduce the oil import bill, thereby saving foreign exchange and boosting energy security.
Compatibility of vehicles with the percentage of ethanol in the blend would have to be defined by the vehicle manufacturer.

Source: The Hindu

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