What is ethanol used for?

Answer 1

Ethanol is used for fuel, or other various things.


(That is not an answer!)

Ethanol is a biofuel. BIOFUELS are widely considered a way to reduce greenhouse gases from fossil fuel use and thereby reduce human-caused global warming.
Although ethanol is a common form of alcohol, the largest single use of ethanol is as a motor fuel and fuel additive.
Compared to petrol, ethanol cuts poisonous gas emissions (carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxide) and produces fewer greenhouse gases that cause global climate change. Added to petrol, ethanol also reduces ground-level ozone formation by lowering the poisonous emissions from petrol combustion.

Ethanol is made by fermenting and then distilling starch and sugar crops -- maize, sorghum, potatoes, wheat, sugar-cane, even cornstalks, fruit and vegetable waste.
Many countries produce ethanol - the main ones being: Brazil, United States of America and China.
Today, almost half of Brazilian cars are able to use 100% ethanol as fuel produced from domestically grown sugar cane. But environmentalists warn that the demand for sugar cane is a disaster for the Amazon rain forest as huge areas are cleared for agricultural use.
Expanding large-scale agriculture to grow sugarcane, critics say, will worsen the loss of species diversity, water-quality problems, and habitat fragmentation in some of the world's most biologically diverse regions.
Other opponents, environmentalists and livestock farmers say that increased ethanol production won't meet energy goals and may damage the environment, while at the same time causing worldwide food prices to soar as food crops are turned into ethanol.
Other researchers report that the production of ethanol consumes more energy than it yields.
One of the advantages of producing ethanol is very little is wasted. With sugar cane, for example, the leftover pulp is utilized in power plants as a surprisingly efficient fuel to produce electricity.

Use these links for more information about Bioethanol:
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060412/Feature1.asp

Crops as an Energy Source

-Bunneh

Answer 2

Ethanol serves a variety of purposes at this point. Ethanol is, first and foremost it would seem, the alcohol in alcoholic beverages. Interestingly enough, while working in a research lab, the amount of ethanol given out to lab groups is carefully monitored to ensure that it is not being consumed. Ethanol also appears as a fuel source. If you notice when you fill up at the gas station, different types of fuel contain different amounts of ethanol within the fuel source. Many countries are moving toward Corn or sugarcane-based ethanol and trying to move away from gasoline entirely by replacing it with grown biofuels, in this case ethanol.

Answer 3

Ethanol is commonly used as a fuel additive to increase octane and reduce emissions in gasoline. It is also used in the production of Alcoholic Beverages, as a solvent in pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and as a disinfectant. Additionally, ethanol can be used as a renewable and sustainable alternative to traditional fossil fuels.

Answer 4

ethanol fuel is use for gasoline if we didnt have ethanol there would be no cars or just no gasoline