Corn In Your Tank

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Pull up to gas pumps at a travel center on Iron Works Pike in Fayette County and it's easy to miss the little sticker that says "E10."

E10 means its 90% gas and 10% Ethanol. But what does that mean to you, and your car?

The odds are very good that if you fill up in Kentucky, the gas you're buying contains ethanol, which is an alcohol fuel made from grains like corn. Critics of ethanol blended gas complain it delivers poorer gas mileage because it has less energy than pure gasoline. U.K. expert on ethanol Alison Davis says there is a slight drop-off in gas mileage.

Some stations advertise or alert drivers to ethanol in their gas, but many others do not. Kentucky is one of a dozen or so states that does not require any labels or signs telling drivers they're pumping gas blended with ethanol.

All cars and trucks made in the U.S. since 1982 are supposed to be able to take E10.

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