Times Union/Paul Buckowski
Coming to a street corner near you: corn for your car.
Despite debate over its long-term benefits, ethanol officially arrived in the Empire State yesterday, with all the pomp and circumstance you might expect for a substance billed as America’s formula for energy independence.
Cameras rolled and bystanders gawked as dignitaries gathered at a Mobil station in Albany to pump a ceremonial tank of E85 from a bright yellow nozzle into one of the state government’s 2,200 ethanol-ready vehicles.
