But as the biofuels crusade heated up in Zimbabwe last year backed by high economic and environmental concerns, Mr Murehwa had his small car fitted with a conversion system from Green Fuel that allows for use of ethanol-blended fuels. However, a few months later, the taxi driver has dumped ethanol-blended fuels after the 270km visit to his rural home in Gutu, Masvingo on E85 in February proved wasteful, renewing simmering worries on the true socio-economic impacts of biofuels.
"Compared to unleaded (petrol), the ethanol blend is used up fast. I am not going back to ethanol," charged Mr Murehwa in an interview last week.
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