The use of Ethanol in engines is not a new idea. In 1916 Ford Motor Company’s founder Henry Ford said: “All the world is waiting for a substitute for petrol. The day is not far distant when, for every one of those barrels of petrol, a barrel of ethanol must be substituted.” He went on to design the first Model T to run on ethanol, or grain alcohol as well as petrol, believing then that oil-based transport fuels did not have a long-term future. The difference in cost between Ethanol and petroleum meant that the oil based fuels were a more attractive and cost effective option. Ethanol has also been used for fuel at other points in history; however fossil fuels have become the dominant energy resource for the modern world. In today’s economy, increasing energy costs and environmental issues have led to increased interest in ethanol being used as a petroleum substitute. Increasing attention on today’s environmental issues has highlighted the green benefits of using Bio Ethanol as a renewable fuel substitute for road transport vehicles.
How Bioethanol Is Made
To create bioethanol, one must go through the conversion of a feedstock crop into fermentable sugars through the use of the enzyme "amylase". Yeast is then added to the mix to help ferment the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The main crop to create bioethanol can vary, usually depending on what part of the world you're in.
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Major Bioethanol Company: Tereos (http://www.enc-energy.eu/) 
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