E85 Ethanol fuel is available at only a tiny fraction of gas stations, but Wal-Mart wants to change all that, reports Fortune. Currently, only about 800 service stations in the United States, out of a total of 168,000, pump E85. Big Oil isn’t interested in Ethanol — but Wal-Mart most definitely is. To start, the retailer is considering selling ethanol at the eight stations that it operates at Wal-Mart Stores and at about 380 at its Sam’s Clubs division. It could also decide to sell ethanol in a partnership with Murphy, which has 946 gas stations in Wal-Mart parking lots. And if all goes well, Wal-Mart could expand to the rest of its 3,000 U.S. stores. “Our goal would be to make E-85 available across the U.S.,” Rich Ezell, senior strategy manager of fuel at Wal-Mart, said recently.
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