Podcast: Ethanol's Role in Lowering Gas Prices

In this podcast, David Merrell, farmer director on the Nebraska Corn Board from St. Edward, shares about ethanol's role in lowering gas prices.

In many areas around the state, gas is now over four bucks a gallon—and nobody can really explain the rapid price increase over the past couple of weeks. But we do know that, without ethanol in the fuel supply, we'd be paying even more at the pump.

That's one reason why corn producers and other ethanol advocates have been promoting the use of higher ethanol blends such as E15. More ethanol in our fuel supply helps soften the price shocks of oil and gasoline.

E15 is approved for use in more than 75% of the consumer vehicles on the road today. If you drive a standard car, SUV or pickup that is model year 2001 or newer, you can use E15. And if you drive a Flex Fuel Vehicle—and one in ten Nebraskans do—you can use any blend of gasoline and ethanol up to E85.

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