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New Cars Can Use Super‑Ethanol Fuel! 🚗🌱

India's road ministry changed rules to let special cars use fuel that is mostly plant alcohol 🌾.

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Key Points

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Rule change lets special cars run on super‑ethanol fuel.

Super‑ethanol can be up to 85% plant alcohol.

Other cars do not have to switch.

More plant alcohol can reduce oil imports and pollution.

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The new fuel, called super‑ethanol, can be up to eighty‑five percent plant alcohol mixed with gasoline 🚗.

Only cars built for this fuel can use it; other cars stay the same 🚙.

Using more plant alcohol can help the country need less oil from other countries and keep the air cleaner 🌍.

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8 words

flex fuel

a car that can run on different mixes of gasoline and plant alcohol

ethanol

a type of alcohol made from plants that can be used as fuel

emission

gases that come out of a car’s exhaust

certified

officially approved

domestically

made inside the country

greenhouse gas

gases that can warm up the Earth

biodiesel

fuel made from plants or animal fats

gazette

official newspaper where new rules are published

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