From food to fuel, corn serves many purposes these days. When processed as ethanol and added to our gasoline, it seems to benefit our breathing, too.

According to Bob Moffitt, communications director of the American Lung Association, “Every flex-fuel vehicle that uses E85 instead of gasoline for a year saves four tons of air pollutants from going into the air, including a lot of greenhouse gasses. Here in Wisconsin, one of the leading sources of air pollution is tail pipe emissions.”

On May 20, Moffitt along with State Senator Pat Kreitlow, Cenex general manager Paul Diemert and a host of E85 supporters all gathered at the North Menomonie Cenex E85 station to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Lung Association — and the 100th E85 gas station in Wisconsin.

How it works

Ethanol produced from corn has been blended with gasoline for years. E85 is the name given to blends of up to 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. Certified as an alternative fuel, ethanol is designed to be used in the flex-fuel vehicles (FFV).

For E85 to perform optimally, a motorist must own a flex-fuel vehicle. Automakers such as GM plan to produce 50 percent or more of FFVs by 2012. To determine if a current vehicle is also an FFV, the owner checking under the fuel lid for a decal that indicates the use of either fuel.

Moffitt went on to explain that in addition to the environmental and health benefit, “The nice thing about E85 is that when you spend a dollar for E85, a large percent of that dollar is staying here in the state of Wisconsin. Most of the ethanol is produced in a 100-mile radius from where it is grown.

“Instead of sending our dollar off to Canada, Mexico, or Venezuela, a large part of our fuel dollar stays here, and that is definitely going to stimulate the local economy,” he added.

Local leadership

E85 is currently available at about 1,500 fueling stations across the United States, and more than 700 of these sites are located in the Upper Midwest.

During Tuesday’s celebration, Kreitlow stated, “It is an honor to celebrate the 100th E85 station in Wisconsin along with the 100th anniversary of the American Lung Association working for us, and the Corn Growers Association helping fuel the Wisconsin economy. It is great to see leadership in this neck of the woods as we look for ways to make ethanol more efficient and new ways to create new bio-fuels that are going to be grown and developed right here in Wisconsin.”

According to the American Lung Association, E85 is typically priced lower than gasoline. The renewable fuel also reduces U.S. demand for oil imported from the Middle East and other politically unstable regions.

Bruce Dybvik can be reached at bruce.dybvik@lee.net.

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So. Today’s Sunday. I hate Sunday’s. They’re so lazy. Like, Sunday has always been the day to just sit around and do nothing, so that’s what happens. Of course, most of my days are like that, so it’s no inconvenience or anything. Just, it would be nice for there to be a set-aside day for a whole bunch of stuff to get done, along with Sunday, on which everyone does just about nothing.
I think I set aside Thursday as the day to get a shit-load of stuff done. I would say Saturday, but who knows what’s going to be happening Saturdays. Thursdays tend to be boring, not much going on, other than making sure math homework for the week is done (all our work is due on Fridays).
So, Thursday, from now on, is get-stuff-done day. Okay?

You know, I think I’m finally done unpacking. I think. Don’t hold me to it. Everything isn’t put away - actually, not even close, but I tried. I did laundry yesterday, and I folded that this morning, so that’s got to be a good thing, right? I just have to put a lot of books away, and a lot of clothes are on the floor - that I didn’t wash because, well, they’re the kind of clothes that don’t get washed, and there wasn’t room to wash them anyway. And I Have to put movies away. And a whole bunch of papers. Probably ought to clean up the sticky-note disaster on my desk. You know, the normal stuff that needs to get done, that I’ll sit here and say needs to be done, yet never will get done. Wait, I take that back. It’ll get done. Much later, though. Normally when I’m having one of those “gotta clean, gotta clean, gotta clean” moods. Those are never fun. Okay, they are because stuff gets done. But after wards I’m all tired and then see just how lazy I really am (and how un-lazy I could be).
Oh well though, I’ll either complain complain complain or get it done. We shall see which.

There’s this game that I found on Bored.Com and it’s totally awesome!  It’s called “World’s Hardest Game”, or something like that.  Anyway, it’s very addictive.  It really is super hard, too.  Anyway, so I’ve gotten to level 7, I think it was.  It’s hard - you have to have great coordination, and since I don’t, I die a lot.  I’ve almost mastered the first three, four levels.  Then comes the fifth one, which takes a lot of patience.  Then the sixth one which I died a shit load on, until I finally figured out how you’re supposed to do it - takes patience too, because you have to have great timing and be over just enough to not get hit.  Anyway, I saved the game to my desktop (don’t tell them, though) and have been playing it while not online - because I’m normally doing other things while online, like chatting, that will distract me - it is the World’s Hardest Game, after all.
I’m hoping to be able to get to level 30 someday.  There are 30 levels, yes.  The goal of the game is to beat all 30 levels with the least amount of deaths - that’s how hard it is.
I am, however, addicted.  =D.

So, anyway, what else.
Oh, ya, the fact that I now have 10 new friend requests on MyYearbook.  Kinda strange, from not having that many, like ever.  And the fact that this one guy I’ve never talked to before went and bought all my pictures from Owned.  And then there’s this guy messaging me back and forth, saying he thinks we could “relate to each other” or something like that.  Which I don’t oppose, just never heard that one before.  But I guess I’ll just have to see how stuff goes, I mean, you know, these could be all creeps.  Then again, maybe not.  Who knows?
I guess we shall see.

And as of right now, I am downloading the MySpace chat client, so if y’all have that, add me!  Oh, and remember I also have Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger, and Google Talk.  Just, you know, drop me a hint and I’ll share my S/Ns…..Cuz I’m nice that way.