| Biofuel pros and cons are a regular topic of debate in | | | | and cons, biodiesel seems to be the positive. In 2009 |
| the environmental sector. When ethanol was first | | | | and 2010, the green car of the year ran on biodiesel. |
| introduced, major car companies chose to pick up on | | | | The fuel is currently being used by several large |
| the new fuel option and produced cars and trucks | | | | corporations to run truck fleets - including Walmart. |
| that were capable of running on E85 ethanol. Then, | | | | But the use of these alternative fuels is not limited to |
| the biofuel pros and cons debate moved more | | | | consumer or commercial automobile use. |
| toward the cons and the vehicle production and | | | | The biofuel pros and cons continue to lean toward |
| support from gas companies all but disappeared. | | | | the positives in terms of biodiesel as this fuel can also |
| Why was E85 ethanol not accepted as a viable | | | | be used in many commercial heating units, aircrafts |
| alternative? In order to produce the fuel, more | | | | and in the railway system. There is some mixing of |
| energy is expelled to grow the crops and transform | | | | traditional and alternative fuel necessary, but the |
| corn, soybeans or other natural food source into fuel | | | | effect on the environment due to harmful emissions |
| that can be used in cars and trucks. Once the debate | | | | is reduced. For all intensive purposes, E85 has to be |
| began, the E85 fell off the alternative map until the | | | | given the credit for starting the consumer watch for |
| development of biodiesel sparked new hope. | | | | efficient bio-alternative fuel sources. |
| If E85 ethanol were the negative of the biofuel pros | | | | |