there is just as much information as there is misinformation about E85. i do know that there are more corn fields in this country than oil fields, E85 can be produced from plants that wouldnt threaten the food supply (we already buy grain from china when it should be grown right here) it doesnt add up. what does add up is that our politicians are in bed with the oil companies that dont mind bleeding everyone at the pump.
While ethanol CAN be made from other non-food materials (theory)
it simply isn't (Reality) in industrial practice.
The thing to look at with E85 is not "Miles per gallon", but "Miles per dollar"
Gasoline generally has about ~19BTU of heat energy per pound of fuel
or to be more exact 114,000BTU/gal, Gasoline mixed with 10% Ethanol
OTOH drops that to 111,836BTU/gal, E85, 85% Ethanol is only 81,800BTU/gal
In terms of percentage E10 (common current pump gasoline) is 98% as energetic as pump gas without alcohol at all (2% isn't much)
But E85 is only 71.94% as energetic as pump regular.
So it should be 30% cheaper, and if you do the math on $3.85/gal pump gas, if E85 isn't <$2.75/gal you are getting fukt at the pump, not even considering that you must stop more frequently for fuel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent
Understand the difference between "Economy" and "False Economy"
E85 is a SCAM being perpetrated by cynical people who depend on everyone else being bad at simple math.
As for Politicians "Being in bed with" the petroleum industry?
Would you be suprised to learn that The largest corporate contributor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential
campaign was British Petroleum?
How about Obama whining about corporate subsidities to oil companies (tax deductions that ALL corporations get)
when he GAVE around 280billion dollars to Brazil to help them start exploiting their offshore oil without any sort of
promise that we'd get any of it... isn't that sorta crooked?
And last thing "Corporate taxes" are a political myth.
There really is no such thing, because any corporation that is taxed is simply going to pass on
those taxes to their customers.(and probably tack on another 35% to cover their cost of
paperwork to make sure they pay the taxes correctly)
so the political phrase "corporate taxes" is a buzz phrase to say "Tax the people more and have
them CHEER", Cheer about "Sticking it to the evil corporation" (that same corporation that heats their
home, grows their food and makes their clothes, and generally makes their lives MUCH easier
than it would be without those "evil" corporations.
Who here is that Stupid?
How stupid are people in general? Ask me about that the third week of November.
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