Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common
alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called alsoethyl alcohol . It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A simple
aliphatic alcohol formally derived fromethane by replacing onehydrogen atom with ahydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH. - noun Specifically, this alcohol as a
fuel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
Etymologies
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Examples
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Continuing our nation's investment in ethanol is one way we can challenge our global competitors.
Jeff Simmons: Winning the Race for Renewable Energy Jeff Simmons 2010
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Continuing our nation's investment in ethanol is one way we can challenge our global competitors.
Jeff Simmons: Winning the Race for Renewable Energy Jeff Simmons 2010
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Continuing our nation's investment in ethanol is one way we can challenge our global competitors.
Jeff Simmons: Winning the Race for Renewable Energy Jeff Simmons 2010
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Continuing our nation's investment in ethanol is one way we can challenge our global competitors.
Jeff Simmons: Winning the Race for Renewable Energy Jeff Simmons 2010
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Corn-based ethanol is economically inefficient and the US does not have the climate, or many climatic areas, where sugar cane can can be grown cheaply and efficiently enough to provide sugar cane-based ethanol, which is seven times more efficient than corn-based.
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Some studies that contend that ethanol is a net energy loser include (incorrectly) the energy of the sun used to grow a feedstock in ethanol’s energy balance, which misses the fundamental point that the sun’s energy is free.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Ethanol, Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide 2006
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Since the use of ethanol is dictated more by government subsidies and regulation than by sound engineering or economics, it's just not worth the investment (or risk).
Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Politically though, ethanol is probably a loser until the greenhouse gas issue dies down.
Ethanol Enthusiasts, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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First, the energy content of ethanol is low when compared with gasoline or diesel.
Dissing Ethanol, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The reason that we don't import sugar based ethanol is not that it is hard to transport.
Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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