Ethanol and Flex Fuels

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Originally Posted by mrein3

This is EXACTLY what I was talking about in my post above. Figure out YOUR miles per DOLLAR. It is ALWAYS less efficient to use E85.

But, let's stop thinking about this with blinders. Think about it from the perspective of:

We can make our own here in the USA.
We can curb the need to step outside our borders for fuel.
All that money stays inside our country.

The ideal of "I don't want to pay 4% more for something that is cleaner burning and benefits our country and livelihood" is the same general ideal that has basically decimated our USA steel industry, which is practically non-existant. People would rather buy cheap steel from Asia instead.

I think ethanol may not be "the" solution right now, and chances are prices will go back down again once it gets well-rooted and better regulated. But the reality is, the system of standard gas and diesel we have now is just crippling us and I think it hurts things more than it fixes them.