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Iowa's doing that cheap E85 thang again

Posted May 6th 2008 at 1:07PM by Sebastian Blanco

First, some history:

March 2008: $1.85 a gallon in Iowa.
October 2007: $0.00 a gallon in Wisconsin.
August 2007: $1.85 a gallon in South Dakota.
May 2007: $1.85 a gallon in Iowa.

These are just some of the recent ethanol (E85) promotions that companies like GM and groups like the American Lung Association have offered. Tomorrow there's another event, this time at a Kum & Go station in Norwalk, Iowa. For four hours (between 10 am and 2 pm) E85 is on offer for $1.60 a gallon. Full details after the jump.

Say what you will about corn ethanol (and we do, don't worry), the food for fuel debate, and the high cost of gas for most of the country, for at least a few people, filling up the flexfuel car won't hurt quite as much tomorrow as it usually does. Take it for what it's worth.

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Cheap ethanol in Iowa Springs tomorrow

Posted Mar 23rd 2008 at 5:26PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Ethanol

Photo by laffy4k. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.

We don't write about Iowa much unless ethanol is involved. Whether it's an proposed ethanol pipeline or ethanol pump label laws, the Hawkeye State is tied to corn ethanol. This post will be no different. In fact, the news here is unsurprisingly similar to an announcement that seems to cross our wires every month or so: cheap E85 at one particular gas station for a few hours.

The details for tomorrow are that a Prairie Gas station in Newton, Iowa will sell E85 for $1.85 a gallon between 2 and 5 pm on Monday. The sponsors include GM, Kum & Go and other likely suspects (full list after the jump). These kinds of promotions will continue throughout the summer, but we'll only be really impressed if a national cheap ethanol day can be organized, if only because that'd be a twist we haven't seen before.

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Gas station in Iowa offers cheap E85 on Columbus Day

Posted Oct 6th 2007 at 11:32AM by Xavier Navarro

Filed under: Etc., Ethanol

October 8th (Monday) is Columbus day and to celebrate it (or as a excuse), Loft's Mini Mart on Highway 9 in Swea City, Iowa, is selling E85 at a discounted price of $1.89 per gallon (but just until 2 pm) - up to 30 gallons.

The event is promoted by the station itself and Iowa Clean Air Choice's Team. In the second quarter of 2007, 800,000 gallons of E85 were sold, 40 percent more than the same period in 2006. 70 stations in Iowa offer E85.

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[Source: Clean Air Choice. Thanks Robert for the tip]

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