Ethanol Weakens Traditional Fuel Energy

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?
The answer is a simple matter of science. Conventional conventional gas delivers more energy than a gallon that contains ethanol.
If the conventional gas with ethanol is E-10 which is available now in many markets around the USA then there is 10% ethanol in that conventional gas and there’s an energy difference of about 3.4 percent.
Over the course of a year that incurs an extra expense of $120.
Mileage can suffer by about 25 percent with E-85, according to AAA. Over the course of a year, that amounts to an extra 300 gallons of E-85 to go the same distance as when using 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.
Some motorists say they are already seeing the effect of ethanol on conventional gas mileage.
“I’ve been driving a long time, and I know what I normally get, and I don’t get that now,” said Cleon Jones of Stewartsville, Mo.
The AAA is now informing customers with a calculation of comparative costs, for instance, the national average pump price for the fuel on Thursday was $2.91 per gallon; regular conventional gasoline was $3.56. But adjusted for its energy content, the price for E-85 jumps to $3.83, or 27 cents more than regular.
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.
So far, GM has produced 3 million vehicles that can use conventional fuel or E-85. The price of E-85 needs to at least be competitive, after being adjusted for its energy content, with conventional conventional gas to ensure that more of it is used, the automaker says.
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