“Now we’ll have to wash our dishes and clothes three times, like we have to flush the toilet three times.”
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It’s really amazing, we save water by using a smaller tank so that we have to flush it three times instead of one and we save money on gasoline by paying a subsidy to corn growers to produce corn for ethanol so that we can buy gasoline with ten percent ethanol that cuts our gas mileage by AT LEAST fifteen percent. This new age math is really something.
Your figures for ethanol powered vehicles are a little off. I have a flexible fuel F-150 truck. It gets 22 miles to the gallon on 93 octane unleaded fuel at $2.96 per gallon and 20 miles to the gallon on E-85 fuel at $2.49 per gallon (My actual experience, yours may vary.)
Cost per gallon difference=18.6% less - Advantage E-85
Miles per gallon difference=9.1% more - Advantage 93 octane
Looks like a 2:1 return on investment to me.