In Nebraska, an Ethanol Promotion and Information Council representative confirmed that oil companies are blending more ethanol with high grades of gasoline to offset their costs, but said that ethanol-blended regular unleaded was available, and denied that there was a conspiracy by oil marketers to prevent consumers from using ethanol by making it available only in premium fuels.
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