Click to play videoNew Delhi: After the US, Brazil, Japan and a host of other countries, India has now taken to Ethanol mixed petrol (EMP). The Government is now looking to make 10 per cent ethanol blended petrol compulsory by October 2008.
This could have twin benefits - reduce pollution and better prices for sugarcane farmers.
Before we launch into what EMP will do for the farmer, the consumer and his environment, Let's try to understand what EMP is?
EMP is your day-to-day petrol mixed with 5 per cent of ethanol. Now a move is being mooted to increase the ethanol percentage to 10 per cent.
Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is a renewable fuel that can be produced from sugarcane corn, grains, tubers etc.
In India sugarcane is the primary source of ethanol. So what will EMP do to your car and your pocket? Well relax - if anything it's supposed to get you more miles out of that fuel tank and it costs the same.
Already benefiting sugarcane farmers by getting them better money for their crop, EMP is pegged to supplement fossil fuels and also bring in environmental benefits because it burns better and cleaner.
The usage of EMP is also supposed to reduce our dependency on costly oil imports.
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