KGW Going Green Blog
May 2008
S M T W T F S
       
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Categories

News


More KGW Blogs

KGW Meteorologist Joe Michaels: February 2008 Archives


Biofuel bad for the environment?

4:08 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 |
KGW Meteorologist Joe Michaels

Many of us are looking for ways to go green. Maybe you've purchased one of those funny looking compact-fluorescent light bulbs. Maybe you ride MAX here and there. Maybe you bought a hybrid (I'm jealous).

Or, maybe you bought gas recently in northwest Oregon. If you have, then you've actually purchased something called E-10. It's 10% ethanol, and 90% gasoline. And ethanol...and other biofuels...have been considered to be a big par...