OK. How about this one? Same data expressed a different way. E-85 costs $0.1245 to drive a mile and 93 octane costs $0.1345. Or is that too complicated, too?
Joe, you miss the entire point, I am talking about a comparison between pure gasoline and TEN PERCENT ETHANOL in the same vehicle, one which is not designed to run on E-85.
You on the other hand, are comparing 93 octane which is probably ten percent ethanol, at least you don’t specify pure gasoline, against E-85. The two comparisons relate like cucumbers and watermelons, similar in some respects but very different.
Then there is the matter of the subsidy for growing ethanol. Part of the cost of your E-85 is paid by government subsidy, stolen from the taxpayers. Add that back and your E-85 would cost more than straight gasoline.
Now, is that too complicated?