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Amusing, now lets look at the facts,
- A vehicle running E85 may get up to 10% less MPG, however because E85 is generally anywhere from $0 cents to a buck cheaper you net result is it cost less per mile to run, thus the savings.
- That 10% ethanol lend keeps your gas prices down by 27 to 29 cents.
-Corn used for ethanol is field corn, used to feed livestock. Most ethanol plants also produce corn syrup (food). Ethanol production also results in distillers grain and gluten, used to feed livestock.
- Ethanol production only uses the starch. as of 2006, one bushel of corn produces 2.7 Gallons of ethanol AND 11 and a half pounds of gluten feed, 3 pounds of gluten meal and over 1 and a half pounds of corn oil. Since 2006, there have been many advancements to make this more efficient, however these are the figures I have.
- 2004, 5, 6 and 7 each set records for corn production and ethanol used less than 10 percent of it, yet we still have farms actually paid NOT to produce or worse, farms facing closure for financial reasons.
- A 4 dollar box of cereal has 19 cents worth of corn.
- in 2005, Ethanol resulted in 4.4 billion dollars in salaries and reduce foreign oil dependency by 143.3 million barrels.
- Ethanol is 105 octane, which reduces ping and results in an engine running smoother.
0 Ethanol has a lower ignition point. Rather than one big "explosion" it continues to burn through the whole piston stroke expanding gases more evenly and smoothly. This also results in the engine running much cooler.
Why do I have all these facts. No, I do not work in the industry, I am a local business man. I have a 2001 Taco 4dr and due to work put 3 to 4 tanks a week. When we hit 3.50, I started to look at the forums for a solution (yotatech and Customtacos, I just found this one) and neither had reliable answers.
Walking into the post office one day, I was confronted by a LaRouche who said the ethanol industriy was killing more people than Hitler. Having invoked Godwins law, I looked at his literature and decided to contact some of the source myself, primarily universities in Minnisota and Iowa. I also looked at web sites from both sides. This resulted in the facts above.
Since gas here is now at 3.95 and E85 is at 2.99, I realize a saving of about 54 cents per gallon since I converted my Taco to FlexFuel about 4 months ago. It has also never run smoother. A month ago I converted my wifes Mazda and she is among those that have not lost any mileage. The facts, along with my real world results have neagted the naysayers.
Is it the solution, maybe not however remeber, the internal combustion engine was originally designed for alchol, which Henry Ford prefered. It wasn't until Rockefeller ws oil production (gas) from has looking for a use for the waste product that resulted in hs oil busness.
Yea, I went knda overboard on my research.
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