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To: jjw

I don’t mind being corrected, as I didn’t know E85 was gasoline/ethanol mixture.

However, get off your high horse and try posting in a respectful manner.

By the way, I did the math correctly, based on E85 being pure ethanol.


30 posted on 05/17/2008 10:13:02 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Liberalism: comparable to a chicken with its head cut off, but with more spastic motions)
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To: stylin_geek
I don’t mind being corrected, as I didn’t know E85 was gasoline/ethanol mixture. However, get off your high horse and try posting in a respectful manner. By the way, I did the math correctly, based on E85 being pure ethanol.

Scuse me while i get off this horse. Your math is great. My attitude is was no good. I apologize.
34 posted on 05/17/2008 10:15:44 AM PDT by jjw
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To: stylin_geek
By the way, I did the math correctly, based on E85 being pure ethanol.

Actually you didn't.

It should have been 70%x.85+100%x.15

See below for your calc. I wonder if those who are paying for E85 realize they aren’t saving any money? If I remember correctly, ethanol is only 70% as efficient as gasoline. Which means a pretty good drop in mileage. Break even works out to $2.51/gal. (I took 70% of the price of gasoline to arrive at my figure.)

81 posted on 10/01/2009 8:11:35 PM PDT by ColdWater
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