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So long, gas guzzlers. The smartest new class of cars relies on cleaner burning synthetic fuels and oil-sipping hybrid engines.

» Fuel's Paradise? Ethanol's Wild Ride in America

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» Saab BioPower: Liquor Does it Quicker


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Liquor Does It Quicker

Saab´s BioPower engine gives ethanol a kick in the pants

With all the buzz about hybrids, it’s easy to ignore our homegrown alternative fuel: ethanol. Clean-burning and infinitely renewable—we’re talking grain alcohol—ethanol is dear to environmentalists and economists alike. The standard 85/15-percent ethanol/gasoline blend (E85) is widely used in Sweden, but there are only 313 E85 fueling stations in the U.S.

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