[Keith in Iowa]

Ethanol blends are always at least 10 cents/gallon less than non-ethanol fuel.

My typical 10% ethanol blend cost per mile driven is 9 to 11 cents. Non ethanol fuels is 13 to 16 cents.

The cost per mile driven is derived by simply dividing the fuel cost by the number of miles driven.

[Ryman]

To Keith in Iowa...must be a big difference in cost to transport the ethanol since that is NOT the difference in cost found in other parts of the country; it is usually the reverse of that.

[Ryman]

To Keith in Iowa...must be a big difference in cost to transport the ethanol since that is NOT the difference in cost found in other parts of the country; it is usually the reverse of that.

[N. Theknow]

Ethanol blends are always at least 10 cents/gallon less than non-ethanol fuel.

Maybe in Iowa but not in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

Florida 10% was $2.64 as of New Year's Day and is that today as well.

South Carolina was $2.39 for 0% and Georgia was $2.49 for 0%.

Range for a tankful of Florida fuel was 360 miles. Range for a tankful of South Carolina fuel was 420 miles. Still driving on the Georgia tankful and it is down to a 1/4 of a tank and the range on that tank so far is 350 miles.

[Hoodat]

I have a problem with your math. You stated that on average your ethanol mix costs 10 ¢/mile or yields 10 miles/$. And gasoline costs 14.5 ¢/mile or yields 6.9 miles/$. As for fuel cost, you stated that gasoline is $0.10 higher than ethanol mix. Are we good so far?

Let's call the price of ethanol mix 'x'.

x = price of ethanol mix ($)
x + 0.1 = price of gasoline ($)

(10 miles/$) * (x) = (6.9 miles/$) * (x+0.1)

Solving for x yields a price of 22¢ per gal for ethanol mix and 32¢ per gal for gasoline. Where are you buying your gas?

[Hoodat]

We can look at it another way. Let's say that gasoline is $2.50/gal while your ethanol mix is $2.40/gal. Using your figures of 10¢/mile for EtOH mix and 14.5¢/mile for gasoline, your vehicle mileage would be 24 mpg for the EtOH mix and only 17.25 mpg for the gasoline.

Since you have not challenged the fact that ethanol gives you less mpg than gasoline, there is something seriously wrong with your numbers.

[AFreeBird]

What is your avg. range (Full Tank) for the 10% blend versus no blend? If you’re not going as far on the 10% blend as you would on the non blend, then your cost comparisons are skewed..

[thackney]

Ethanol blends are always at least 10 cents/gallon less than non-ethanol fuel.

Not true around these parts (Texas). Maybe in the corn producing states but not everywhere.

In Alaska, the ethanol is driving up the price as they have to ship it in from a long ways.