US city considers phasing out the use of Corn based ethanol fuel

The City of Fort Collins, Colorado USA is considering phasing out the use of corn based ethanol fuel in its fleet vehicles, because of its concern for the environment. The majority of City Council members said Tuesday they would support gradually doing away with the use of E85 fuel, which is 85 percent ethanol, because of the impact ramped-up corn production has had nationally, including water and soil degradation in Iowa and Illinois. Those impacts may not directly affect Fort Collins, said Council member Ben Manvel, but they should not be ignored. "I don't think we want to ship our environmental problems to the Midwest," he said. Read more ...