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Old 06-05-2008, 09:14 PM   #29
chadrcr
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2: True. but if it's cheap enough to make up the difference...who cares? 1 gallon of gasoline gives you about 1.35 gallons of E85 worth of mileage, right? So...if the E85 is $2.00 a gallon (double what some companies expect to produce it for), and gas is $4.00 a gallon (and rising...), then you have to pay $2.70 to go the same distance on E85 as you would on $4.00 of gasoline. You see that as a problem?
How solid are those #s?

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I happen to ONLY use 10% ethanol fuel. I've done the comparisons with using non-blended fuels.....and the blended stuff is actually giving me better milage in my Cobalt than regular fuel. Don't ask me to explain why, because I can't -- all I know, is that it does. And these evil gas stations are selling gas for at least .10 cheaper than those who don't blend their fuels. AND, whatever you think of the fuel, I am guaranteed that 10% of my money is not going overseas to the oil sheiks. I'll keep my E10, thank you very much!
Are they testing other blends? E35? E5150?
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