ʻO Ethanol ka inoa inoa o ka waiʻona ethyl. ʻO ka'ōponaʻo Biohana i hanaʻia mai nāʻano kumu lāʻau. Aia ma kahi o 95% o ka'olina maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia me ka éthanol. Loaʻa ka E10 i ka 10% ethanol a 90% gasoline a me ka meaʻaila. ʻO ka'ōpana ethanol ka oxygenates i ka wahie a hoʻemiʻia ka pollution air. He wai māmā aʻanoʻoleʻo Ethanol. ʻO ka Ethyl alcohol a me ka waiʻonaʻona kekahi inoa'ē aʻe no ka ethanol. ʻO ka mea i hanaʻia mai ka lāʻau hānai a iʻole ka hanu i kūkuluʻia, heʻano like a me ka waiwai keʻano o ka ethanol.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana o ke kinipuniʻana i ke kōpaʻa a iʻole ka kānana i loko o ke ethanol he mea hana a hoʻolako paha i nā mea kūʻai .
He wā lōʻihi ko Ethanol waiwai a he koʻikoʻi e like me ka wahie. ʻO ka Model T,ʻo ka hale kaʻa muaʻo Ford Ford, i holo i ka ethanol i kālaiʻia i ka 1908. MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) i hoʻohanaʻia i ka helu oxygenizing no ka'oliuma akā ua paniʻiaʻo ka hanano i ka makahiki 2003. Ua lilo ka wai honua i poke i ka MHBE a me ka ethanol. ka koho ākea. Mai ka makahiki 2003,ʻo ka nui o nā kikowaena meaʻai ma United States e hoʻolako i nāʻenehana i hoʻolālāʻia. ʻO nā kānāwai hou e pili ana i ke Kanawai'Āina'Āina (1988),ʻo Clean Air Act (1990), Ture Hoʻolālā Energy (2005) a me ka Program Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) i kākau inoaʻia i ka makahiki 2006, ua hāʻawiʻia i ka mana a me ka hanana.
ʻOiaiʻo E10 ka pūpili i hoʻohanaʻia no nā'ōnaehana nui,ʻo E85 kahi hui i piha i 85% ethanol a me 15% mau meaʻaila. ʻO nā kumukūʻai i hana a hoʻololiʻia paha no kēia waipiʻa waiʻona nui wale nō ka mea e hiki ke hoʻohana iā E85 i ka wahie.
ʻAʻole hoʻohana nā'elepili i ka hanana ethanol, akā, e hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia kekahi mau holo moana ma kahi hui 10%. Ma ka makahiki 2009, he 75% o ka'ōhinu o'Amerika no ka kaʻa e loaʻa kahiʻano o ke ethanol.
ʻOʻAmelika Huipūʻia ka meaʻoihana nui a me ka hoʻokuke aku i ka palaoa i loko o ka honua. No laila, ma ka huahana ethanol US ka pua mai.
I Brazil,ʻo ia ka meaʻoihana nui a me ka hoʻokuke aku i ke kōla cane i ka honua,ʻo ke kahanol ka hanaʻana mai ke kō mai. No keʻano o ke kōpaʻa a me ka palaoa he mau meaʻai mahiʻai, aia kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻoponoponoʻana ma waena o nā kumukūpana a me ke kumu kūʻai o ka kānana a me ke kō. ʻO ka'ōponaʻo'Ethanol ka nui o ka ikaika ma ke galani ma mua o nā kumumahu. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka huiʻana me ka'ōhinu ke loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi loa ma nāʻano o ka pono kūpono a me ka hoʻohaunaeleʻana. He mea hoʻoneli ke kumukano, a pāʻonaʻole i ka wai. Mālama ka US Department of Energy i ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka ethanol e like me ka wahie. Hiki i ka Ethanol ke hoʻohemo i nā mea hana me ka liʻiliʻi ke kalapona'okikene a me ke kalapona'okikene ke hoʻohālikelikeʻia me nā kaomihu e hoʻolālā pihaʻia.
ʻO kahi Ethanol kahi waiwai kūikawā. I ka makahiki 2012, i ka manawa o nā kānana i hanaʻia i nā wā āpau a pau ma kahi o $ 8.50 i ka baila,ʻo ka uku o ke ethanol kahi kokoke $ 2.60 i ke galani. I ka makahiki 2011, i ke kūʻaiʻiaʻana o ke koʻi a 36 mau keneta no ka paona,ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka ethanol he $ 2.93 no ke galani. Ma ka hopena o Pepeluali 2015, he $ 3.90 ke kumukūʻai a me ke kōleʻa e kūʻai ana ma 14 mau keneta no ka paona. Ma ka manawa like, he $ 1.38 ke galani. E like me kāu eʻike ai, ua hoʻohui maikaʻiʻia ke kumukūʻai o ka hanano me kaʻai a me ke kō.
Hoʻopukaʻiaʻo Ethanol e kālepa ma ka maheleʻo New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEXS) o ka Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). ʻO kēlā me kēia mahele o ka hana a me ka hoʻopukaʻana he 42,000 galani o ka ethanol aʻo ka hapa liʻiliʻi loa he $ 0,0001 aiʻole $ 4.20. Loaʻa nā kuʻikahi no ka lōʻihi o nā lōʻihi ma mua o kaʻaila, ka'olina a me nā meaʻenehana'ē aʻe. ʻO kēia no ka mea he kumulāʻau mahiʻaiʻo ka ethanol a he nui ka hopena o kaʻino ma kāna kumukūʻai.
Nui nā hui e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ethanol mai ka kānana a me ke kō i ka United States a me Brazil. ʻO Archer Daniel Midland (ADM) nona nā mea kanu kanu e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka huapalapala i loko o ka wahie. Loaʻaʻo Bunge (BG) nā mea kanu e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kō i loko o ka hanano ma Brazil. Ua kaulana nā meaola likeʻole e like me ka ethanol i nā makahiki i hala e pili ana i ka piʻiʻana o ka ea a me ka wai. Me ka piʻiʻana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa e ulu ana ka noi no nā meaola likeʻole e like me ka ethanol e pili ana i nā pili o ke kaiapuni i kā lākou hoʻohanaʻana i ka momona o ka lāʻapōpō.