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Advantages:
Organic origins. Made from sugar cane or corn so it lessens the cost of mining petroleum.
Burns cleaner than oxygen.
Reduced dependence on imported oil.

Disadvantages:
Organic origins. Farmers will have to control how much of their crops are available for other uses.
Very corrosive.

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