Originally Posted by
Rowan
Have you a source that updates the figure from 2003 that I posted?
And from what I gathered, much of the ethanol produced from ethylene is used for industrial feedstock, not put on the shelves of supermarkets and hardware and outdoor shops in North America.
Your sources are for ethanol produced for fuel, which goes into the gas pump here in the US. Your first link is under US Department of Energy vehicles and fuel. The subsidies and tax structures for it are all driven by use of ethanol as a vehicle fuel.
I do not believe the denatured alcohol I buy at the hardware store comes from ethanol plants here in the midwest. I suppose I could write to Klean-Strip, but I don't know if they would answer my query. A cursory glance at an MSDS indicates that it is about half ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and half methanol:
http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/Super...%20-%20SLX.pdf