by CHRISTINE DES GARENNES, Aug 3, 2005
"It's almost a Catch-22 situation, people say. Gas station owners are hesitant to spend the money to install pumps because not many people know or ask about flexible fuel vehicles. But people won't buy flexible fuel vehicles if there are no gas stations near them that carry E85.
'My greatest concern is not on the supply side of ethanol, but the demand side. Consumers are not demanding ethanol. Unless there's a demand for flexible fuel vehicles and E85 pumps, the future of ethanol is limited,' said Martha Schlicher, director of National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
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