Facts about gasoline (petrol)

• Gasoline is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines.
• Gasoline is also used as a solvent, mainly known for its ability to dilute paints
• Commonwealth countries use the term petrol for gasoline.
• In the United States and Canada the substance is called gasoline (or "gas").
• The term "petrol" has been used in English to refer to raw petroleum since the 16th century.
• Gasoline floats on water.
• Gasoline or petrol is more volatile than diesel oil.
• Internal combustion engines are designed to burn gasoline in a controlled process called deflagration.
• Gasoline has no specific freezing point -- it freezes at any temperature between -180 and -240 degrees Fahrenheit. When gasoline freezes, it never solidifies totally, but resembles gum or wax.

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Facts about Ethanol fuel

• Ethanol is a clean-burning, renewable fuel.
• In 2009 worldwide ethanol fuel production reached 73.9 billion liters (19.5 billion gallons).
• Ethanol results in fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline and is fully biodegradable, unlike some fuel additives.
• Ethanol fuel, unlike petroleum, is a form of renewable energy that can be produced from agricultural feedstocks.
• Ethanol fuel produced from corn results in about a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to gasoline.
• One bushel of corn yields about 2.8 gallons (10.5 liters) of ethanol.
• Brazil and in the United States of America were responsible for 86% of the world's ethanol production in 2009.
• It takes 1.5 gallons (5.6 liters) of ethanol fuel (E-85) to drive as many miles as one gallon of gasoline.
• Approximately 50,000,000 gallons (189 million liters) of U.S. ethanol fuel are made into E85.
• In terms of fossil energy, each gallon of ethanol produced from corn today delivers one third or more energy than is used to produce it.
• Archer Daniels Midland controls about 25% of U.S. ethanol production.

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