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To: RipSawyer

Your theoretical loss of MPG should be just about 15%, using 10% ethonol vs. pure gasoline.


44 posted on 07/25/2010 7:16:18 AM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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To: patton

“Your theoretical loss of MPG should be just about 15%, using 10% ethonol vs. pure gasoline.”
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I don’t know the calculation for that but if I lose that much I would be better off if I could filter out the alcohol and throw it away before I fill up! Why does ten percent ethanol cause a fifteen percent mileage drop?


56 posted on 07/25/2010 1:18:54 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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