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Avalanche helps promote ethanol as alternative, renewable fuel.(AUTOMOTIVE)

Advanced Materials & Processes, May, 2005

General Motors has provided an E85-capable Chevrolet Avalanche to the Illinois Corn Growers Association for use in the state as part of a campaign to promote ethanol and E85-capable vehicles in Illinois. As part of the campaign, the Illinois Corn Growers will showcase the E85-capable Chevrolet Avalanche at additional events and in various ways throughout the year.

Ethanol delivers similar performance as regular gasoline and is a renewable, domestically produced fuel that reduces sulfur and aromatic hydrocarbons for improved exhaust emissions performance. E85, a blend of 85% ethyl alcohol and 15% gasoline, is produced from the starch in agricultural products, primarily domestically produced corn. Growing corn actually removes C[O.sub.2] from the atmosphere so...

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