Flex-fuel use

Addressing a Rotary District Conference 2020-21 recently, union transport minister Nitin Gadkari expressed that a decision over flex-fuel ato ten days. The Government, claimed a source, is considering making flex-fuel engines mandatory for the automobile industry. The move is expected to help farmers and boost the Indian economy. Made attractive by price, which is Rs.6062 per litre for alternative ethanol fuel, flex-fuel engines that use flex-fuel could save Rs.30 to Rs35 per litre for motorists. Pointing at flex-fuel engine production in Brazil, Canada and the US in a way where customers could use 100 per cent petrol or 100 per cent bio-ethanol, the minister said that ethanol is a better fuel than petrol, and it is import substitute, cost effective, pollution-free and indigenous.