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‘We have to have a backup plan’: E-15 fuel could lower gas prices

Rising oil prices, sanctions caused by the war in Ukraine and post-pandemic travel have caused gas prices to skyrocket, but experts like Andrea Strzelec with the UW-Madison College of Engineering say that allowing E-15 gas to be sold this summer may change that. “E-15 is still gas… it’s gasoline that has 15% ethanol by volume mixed into it,” said Strzelec.