A report recently put out by economist Len Coad, helps bring truth to some of the myths about biofuels. He starts out by analyzing the myth that ethanol contains less energy than is required to produce it. He illustrates that this is actually false and that ethanol grown from grain contains 1.3 to 2.2 times the energy out put that is required to produce it. The second myth he looks at is that biofuels are simply a show put on by farmers and refiners in order to make them eligible for government grants. Well this is also false the report says that the taxes being paid by the farmers and refiners are at least equal to any grants they are receiving. The article goes on to further look at how Canadian’s could cope with increasing the percentage of ethanol required in gasoline. We currently have approximately 8.5% ethanol in our gasoline and we already have to pump in ethanol from the US. In order to replace fossil fuel entirely new processes must be developed to synthesize ethanol in the volume needed. Also a new infrastructure must be put in place to support the new types of cars that can run on biofuels. Currently tens of thousands of Canadians own flex fuel cars that can run on both gasoline and biofuels, called E85 ethanol. However there are virtually no stations available for filling up on E85, making it difficult for these cars to break into the market.