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4. Ethanol added to gasoline..

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:22 AM

Jan 2012

.. is a total waste of time. I found out accidentally when I noticed that gas I bought in Oklahoma gave me about 5-7% more miles per gallon than Texas gas. Ok gas doesn't have ethanol.

So basically, for every gallon of ethanol you buy, you are paying as much as gasoline and getting about half the fuel value.

I haven't examined the other arguments about the fuel cost to create ethanol compared to its fuel value, but I would not be surprised to find the claims that it costs more energy to produce than it contains to be true.

Were "environmentalists" for adding ethanol to gasoline way back when?

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After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires [View all] alp227 Jan 2012 OP

Thank goodness. Mister Ed Jan 2012 #1

I completely agree. I don't understand WHY we haven't made any real progress on the energy front. tropicanarose Jan 2012 #6

I do... ut oh Jan 2012 #10

Good. We can use the corn to feed people and farm animals instead of burning it up meow2u3 Jan 2012 #2

"Fiscal conservatives joined liberal environmentalists to kill it" Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #3

Ethanol added to gasoline.. sendero Jan 2012 #4

Al Gore was (back then). n/t hughee99 Jan 2012 #14

Now.... sendero Jan 2012 #5

Small step in the right direction. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #7

Finally Gringostan Jan 2012 #8

You can buy real gasoline in North Dakota. RC Jan 2012 #9

Too bad christx30 Jan 2012 #11

and of course Jeb Bush was in charge of the ethanol producers' associaition.... robinlynne Jan 2012 #12

Turning food into motor fuel is stupid. n/t PuffedMica Jan 2012 #13