Cost of E85 fuel is higher than gasoline
The heavily promoted alcohol fuel called E85 might cut America's oil use and help support U.S. agriculture, but it's not reducing motorists' fuel bills. It's boosting them significantly.
A sign advertises E85 fuel at a Chicago gas station.
The price of E85 — a fuel that's 85% ethanol made from grain and 15% conventional gasoline — is higher than that of gasoline, even though E85 has only 72% as much energy. The U.S. Department of Energy says a vehicle has to use 1.4 times as much E85 as gasoline to go the same distance.
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A sign advertises E85 fuel at a Chicago gas station.
The price of E85 — a fuel that's 85% ethanol made from grain and 15% conventional gasoline — is higher than that of gasoline, even though E85 has only 72% as much energy. The U.S. Department of Energy says a vehicle has to use 1.4 times as much E85 as gasoline to go the same distance.
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posted by Oil Shock at 11:30 PM
1 Comments:
I believe people are spinning( distorting) this story. The price of ethanol is high because MTBE( which is also a pollutant of groundwater), an oxygenate which was required by the EPA for the Clean Air Act is being phased out, leaving ethanol as the only oxygenate for the refineries to use. It has nothing to do with energy problems, except it will stimulate more ethanol production.
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