Wal-Mart Could Change Ethanol's Future

There’s been a lot of buzz about ethanol lately, but for the most part Americans have a hard time finding a local gas station that sells it. Retail giant Wal-Mart is thinking about changing all that by selling E85 — a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline — at its 1,200-plus owned or affiliated fueling stations at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Clubs stores. Currently only 800 out of the nation’s 168,000 gas stations sell E85.

But even those 800 stations are having a hard time meeting demand for E85, which has seen a ton of promotion this year thanks to rising gasoline prices. Ford, GM and Chrysler make flex-fuel vehicles that can run on either E85 or regular gasoline. These vehicles cost and run virtually the same as any other car or truck on the road.

Wal-Mart wants to see more supply, though, and a switch to a more efficient refining process — by using biowaste to produce ethanol and forgoing the current use of corn — before it dives head first into the ethanol business.

If all that happens, we could see Wal-Mart dominating the ethanol market and perhaps spurring the wider use of E85 all by itself.

[Why Wal-Mart Wants to Sell Ethanol, CNNMoney.com] 

Comments

Nevermind the E-85, tell me where to get $2.33 dino gas! Either that or you need to update you stock photos.

hehe. yes there weren't many good brand new E85 photos out there.
sorry.

I like the idea of Walmart adding E85 to there stations, currently E85 is not sold in the northeast (MA, CT, RI, NH, NY and etc), which means no E85 cars either. I believe Walmart has the capables of putting E85 all over the entire country. Walmart gasoline prices are 2 to 10 cents lower than other stations in any given area.

What about BJ's, they currently sell gas too, they have a shot as well.

Someone put E85 stations in the Northeast and automakers start selling cars up here too.

See Yeah!