Another reason ethanol makes no sense
April 28th, 2008 by Sonny
Other than the increased greenhouse gas emissions and food security issues involved with turning grain into fuel, there’s another problem. E-10 blend fuel just don’t have as much energy as all petroleum fuels. The more I know about it the less sense it makes.
www.kansascity.com | 04/26/2008 | Loss of fuel economy from ethanol-blended gasoline hits motorists in the wallet
Charles Kigar doesn’t think twice when he has a choice of buying a gallon of conventional gasoline or a gallon of gas that contains ethanol at the same price.He buys the gas without ethanol.
The reason is a simple matter of science. Conventional gas delivers more energy than a gallon that contains ethanol.
If it’s a gallon of E-10, which is a blend of 10 percent ethanol and conventional gas now widely available in the Kansas City area, there’s an energy difference of about 3.4 percent.
Now that may not seem like much when you’re topping off the tank this week. But over the course of a year of normal driving, it would take an additional 40 gallons of E-10 to go the same distance as conventional gas. If they were both priced the same, it would mean an extra $120.
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