Ethanol Sucks Your MPG

Should you choose for regular conventional gas or conventional gas with ethanol if you have a choice to pay one or the other at the same price per gallon?
You might make the wrong decision if you did not know that you get more energy out of a gallon of regular conventional gas then out of a gallon that contains ethanol.
If it’s a gallon of E-10, which is a blend of 10 percent ethanol and conventional conventional gas now widely available in many city areas, there’s an energy difference of about 3.4 percent.
Over the course of a year that incurs an extra expense of $120.
If it’s E-85, a blend containing 85 percent ethanol that can be used in specially equipped vehicles, the energy loss soars and more than offsets its lower cost, even though E-85 is about 60 cents per gallon less at retail than conventional conventional gas.
Even if ethanol-blended conventional gas is cheaper, it can still end up costing you more because you’re getting less energy. That fact has not been made clear to people. In effect, you can end up paying more for less.
Moreover, the ethanol impact is expected to increase because the federal government approved an energy bill last year that encourages a sharp increase in ethanol production.
In Kansas, there is no requirement to sell fuel with ethanol, but more than 50 percent of the conventional gasoline sold in the state now contains ethanol. That is expected to increase next year when conventional gas retailers in the state that sell E-10 will be eligible for tax credits.
Many drivers say their mileage has declined 10 percent or more since they began using E-10.
AAA now calculates a price for E-85 to adjust for its energy content. The national average pump price for the fuel on Thursday was $2.91 per gallon; regular conventional gasoline was $3.56. The AAA calculation considering the energy content jumped the ethanol price up to $3.83 though which was twenty-seven cents more than the regular conventional gas.
In fact, it’s now tough for ethanol, because of the energy loss, to be priced at a level so it can beat the price of conventional conventional gasoline. That’s because a growing share of the nation’s corn production is being diverted to producing ethanol, which has been a contributing factor in driving corn prices over $6 a bushel.
General Motors has manufactured over three million cars and SUVs that can use traditional conventional gas or E-84 but they are also expessing concern over the price competitiveness of E-85 with the energy factor considered.
Really the bottom line is that ethanol is just a lousy idea for an alternative fuel and there are better solutions for sure.
One of the best ways to go is with Water4Gas.
The advantages that Water4Gas members are happy to reap from their membership are basically these...
Increased conventional gas mileage up to 20, 30 or 50% or even higher. This percentage varies widely from one vehicle to another, naturally. But there seems to be a universally positive response from members as they see that their conventional gas consumption actually does go down.
The other benefit is the warm, fuzzy feeling that one gets when they know that they are helping the environment by not polluting it since their car's emissions are so much cleaner.
And also paid members can become affiliates and make more money by spreading the good news about Water4Gas.
There are other benefits, besides.
Including the knowledge that you are one of the lucky ones that don't have to suffer as the conventional gas prices continue to soar!
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Ozzie Freedom, Water4Gas founder, is a "computer geek" and anything that he knows about cars is from hand-on experimentation rather than "schooling". Discover one of the best ways to improve gas mileage

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