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Article: Gas substitutes boost the flex-fuel car; Soon, alternative fuels might be made from corn, soybeans, and plant fiber - and new cars would be able to run on them.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 26, 2007
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Byline: Mark Clayton Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Prospects are brightening for a big change at your local service station.
Instead of just regular, plus, and premium, gas stations in a few years may well be offering fuel made from corn, soybeans, and plant fiber. And new cars would be engineered to run on them.
Following President Bush's call Tuesday for a 20 percent cut in gasoline consumption, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have unveiled legislation that would require automakers to build "flex-fuel" cars that could burn the various alternative fuels.
The new legislation, which still must work its way through ...