Mark Vaile wants Woolworths and Coles to sell ethanol blended fuel. (ABC TV)

Chains should provide ethanol blends: Vaile

The federal Transport Minister says Australia's major supermarket chains should sell ethanol blended fuel at their service stations.

Mark Vaile says Woolworths and Coles have a responsibility to ensure ethanol blends are available in their outlets.

He has told Channel Nine they have a significant share of the petrol retail market and they should provide the cheaper fuel.

"They can provide that at three cents a litre cheaper to assist motorists," he said.

"It'd be good if we could see Coles and Woolworths by the end of this year have a couple of hundred sites each selling ethanol blended fuels."

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