There was a crowd of people October 19th at the Black Diamond Chevron Ethanol station right at the intersection of Willow Pass and Evora Road which just opened in Concord, Califorinia.
The county of Contra Costa is mandated to use alternative fuels but until now there was no place to get it. Chevron has opened the station here, the only public station in the Bay area, but it is one of 1802 such alternative fueling stations nationwide. The number of ethanol stations grew 28 percent in 2008. And per the state of California there are approximately 500,000 flexible fuel stations in California.
At this point all cars are not able to use the corn- based ethanol, to see if a car can utilize the fuel go to www.e85fuel.com/index.php The prediction is that by the end of 2009 there will be at least 30 ethanol stations in the state. Ed Begley would be proud.
Geez, I better switch cars. That is great news though, late, but at least a start!
Um, one of these days we'll all be ethanol or electric. But you have such a long commute...
Terrylynn ~ I remember reading about this as an alternative, but I hadn't realized they were actually putting it into action. I'll have to check through the link you provided. Thanks for the update! : )
Yes, my commute is very difficult. : )
Ha! Is that little yellow figure you Chris? ; )
Yes, that is exactly how I look when I go to work in the morning. lol Only add messy red hair.
Kathy, yes she's about 50 steps away from work. shesh...but it's good when we need to borrow...and she's a good cook. So it works out at lunch time.
Chris, not really, the jammies are the really cute part.