October 20, 2006

Truth in Advertising: University of Minnesota's Ethanol Fleet

By SCOTT CARLSON

While sustainability efforts are well intentioned, the results — particularly in the short term — do not always match the rhetoric.

The claim: The university's fleet is one of the nation's "greatest users of E85 fuel," a fuel that is 85 percent ethanol, derived from corn, and often touted as renewable. About 70 out of more than 800 vehicles in the fleet burn E85. A press release notes that the fleet won a sustainability award from the Minnesota governor's office.

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