Ethanol 10

Ethanol fuel is a gasoline alternative manufactured from the conversion of carbon-based feed stocks such as sugar cane, sugar beets, switch grass, corn and barley. It has become more common because it is used as an oxygenate additive for gasoline and is a replacement for Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether.

Barksdale gas pumps switching to E10 gasoline

Published May 25, 2011
Barksdale Base Exchange

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Due to the fact that many gas terminals are switching from traditional fossil fuels and various mandated energy changes, military shoppers gassing up at the Barksdale Shoppette on Wilbur Wright Rd. and the Capehart Annex can contribute to the "green" movement by filling up with environmentally-friendly Ethanol 10.

Ethanol fuel is a gasoline alternative manufactured from the conversion of carbon-based feed stocks such as sugar cane, sugar beets, switch grass, corn and barley. It has become more common because it is used as an oxygenate additive for gasoline and is a replacement for Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, which are sources of contamination of soil and groundwater.

"In addition to the benefits this provides to the agricultural community, ethanol fuel is a sustainable energy resource," said Barksdale's Base Exchange General Manager Gilbert Mata. "It can provide a more environmentally and economically friendly alternative to fossil fuels such as diesel and gasoline. This change will take place within the next week or two."

Based on laws passed in the 2006 Clean Air Act and other Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. government laws, ethanol blends are now present in more than 50 percent of the fuel supply.