Alkalosis is a condition in which the body fluids have excess base (alkali). This is the opposite of excess acid (acidosis). The kidneys and lungs maintain the proper balance (proper pH level) of chemicals called acids and bases in the body. Decreased carbon dioxide (an acid) level or increased bicarbonate (a base) level makes the body too alkaline, a condition called alkalosis.
By December 2010 the U.S. ethanol production industry consisted of 204 plants operating in 29 states, and 9 plants under construction or expansion, adding 560 million gallons of new capacity and bringing total U.S. installed capacity to 14.6 billion U.S. gallons (55.25 billion liters).
Ethanol Uses. The most common use of manufactured ethanol is as a vehicle fuel for internal-combustion engines. Most gasoline available in the U.S. is blended with 10- to 15-percent ethanol content. Flexible fuel vehicles can run on fuel with a very high ethanol content --- 85 percent ethanol to 15 percent gasoline, for example --- or even on pure ethanol (see References 4). More than 13 billion gallons of ethanol were produced in the U.S. in 2010, and production capacity continues to rise.