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Future Cars May Save Gas But Waste Water Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Environment   
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Efforts to wean America's automobiles off gasoline are running into the law of unintended consequences. Methanol wears out engine components, and corn-based ethanol has squeezed corn supplies. Even bypassing liquid fuel altogether may be problematic: New research suggests that flooding the roads with plug-in vehicles could cause a significant, though potentially manageable, drain on regional water sources. (source: sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
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