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The government aims to boost ethanol without evidence that it saves money or helps the environment

  • Written by André Boehman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory, University of Michigan
A fan of fuel blends that contain as much as 85 percent ethanol.AP Photo/Jim Mone

President Donald Trump has promised his supporters in Iowa that the federal government will take a step that may increase corn ethanol sales.

This plant-derived fuel, which comprises about 10 percent of the 143 billion gallons of gasoline Americans buy each year,...

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