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Dominic Deichert Ford Model T designed to use pure ethanol Today, a fuel additive to decrease gaseous emissions An AKI octane number of 100.5 to 116 - commercial gasoline average is 87 A functional unit of 1.5 gallons ethanol to 1 gallon gasoline Can be grown annually in most regions Current production is 1,243,000 acres giving 22.2 tons/acre beets (27,537,000 tons beets) Studies of French sugar beet ethanol suggests 750 gallons ethanol per acre - 590 gallons per acre of sugar cane in Brazil. One downside: Cost is 2-3 times as much for sugar beet ethanol compared to sugar cane Sugar Beets: 5