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Published May 17, 2008 06:35 pm - COLUMBUS., Kan. — The yellow-brick road is now the yellow hose to pump E-85 fuel into vehicles at a service station on the west side of Columbus. E-85 fuel flowing at Columbus station By Mike Surbrugg msurbrugg@joplinglobe.com COLUMBUS., Kan. — The yellow-brick road is now the yellow hose to pump E-85 fuel into vehicles at a service station on the west side of Columbus. The station owned and operated by Farmers Cooperative Association at Columbus. Pumps offer the 85 percent ethanol fuel with 15 percent petroleum, unleaded fuel (10 percent ethanol), clear (road) diesel and “red” diesel that is dyed red and can be sold only for off-road use such as for large lawn mowers or farm equipment. The station is the first in the Columbus area to offer E-85 fuel, said the cooperative’s general manager, Marilyn Shouse. Getting ethanol from production sites to service station pumps has been a slow process. The cooperative’s board approved a new enterprise to sell fuel to the public. The cooperative in November 2007 purchased the former Lopp Oil Co. and made various updates to the station. It is a Cenex service station. Cenex is based in Minneapolis, Minn., and has a refinery at Coffeyville. No fuel is blended at the service station, Shouse said. The cooperative does blend soybean oil with petroleum to generate soydiesel at its other location in Columbus. This fuel that has up to 20 percent soybean oil is only sold for delivery to farms. “We are looking for a way to blend the soydiesel at the retail pump location,” Shouse said. Bulk fuel tanks are at each location and will continue to be used for farm deliveries. Farmers are the major source of the cooperative’s fuel business. Shouse estimates the cooperative will sell more than a million gallons of all types of fuel this year combined from sales at pumps and at farm deliveries. The cooperative has 3,500 members, she said. Members elect nine board members from their numbers. Scott Jarrett, Baxter Springs, is board president. The retail station sells all of its fuel blends to the public. Shouse said that vehicle owners must check their Vehicle Identification Number, their owner’s manual or their dealership to determine whether their vehicle can use E-85 fuel. Brian Clugston, manager of the new service station, said the E-85 fuel is designed for use in flex-fuel vehicles. Price is a key factor because E-85 may get three to four less miles per gallon than unleaded fuel, Shouse said. The station’s pump price for E-85 last week was 70 cents a gallon below that for unleaded fuel. 
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