Goodfellow pumps switch to ethanol Published June 8, 2010 By Army and Air Force Exchange Service Public Affairs GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Gas terminals around the world are making the switch from traditional fossil fuels. Now shoppers gassing up at the Shoppette can contribute to the green movement by filling up with environmentally-friendly Ethanol 10. Ethanol fuel is a gasoline alternative made from converted carbon-based feed stocks such as sugar cane, sugar beets, switch grass, corn and barley. Ethanol is more common now because it's used as an oxygenate additive for gasoline, replacing Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether which contaminates soil and groundwater. "In addition to the benefits this provides to the agricultural community, ethanol fuel is a sustainable energy resource," said Goodfellow's base exchange general manager, Pat Tinker. "It can provide a more environmentally and economically friendly alternative to fossil fuels such as diesel and gasoline." Based on Clear Air Act laws, and other Environment Protection Agency and U.S. government laws, ethanol blends are now present in more than 50 percent of the fuel supply.
