Why Ethanol Is More Expensive Than Traditional Conventional Gas

Quick… you have a choice to buy traditional fuel with Ethanol of traditional fuel without ethanol for the same price? Which do you pick?
The answer is a simple matter of science. Conventional traditional fuel delivers more energy than a gallon that contains ethanol.
If the traditional fuel with ethanol is E-10 which is available now in many markets around the USA then there is 10% ethanol in that traditional fuel and 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 traditional fuel.
Even if ethanol-blended traditional fuel 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 Missouri, we’re already there. Since January, E-10 has been required for regular and midgrade traditional fueloline
Some motorists say they are already seeing the effect of ethanol on traditional fuel 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.
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 traditional fueloline 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 traditional fuel.
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 traditional fueloline. 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 traditional fuel to ensure that more of it is used, the automaker says.
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