Originally Posted by Chris L.
I live in the Kansas City area and had been buying my gasoline on the Mo. side for several years because it was always 10 cents cheaper there due to higher Kansas taxes. Starting about a year ago I noticed our cars were getting fewer mpg. Seemed like as much as 3-4 mpg fewer. I found out recently all Mo. gas is now 10% ETOH & they don't have to tell you on the pump.......switched to Kansas gas......wow.....getting much better mileage now.....Crossfire went from 23.2 mpg to 27.1mpg!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's worth the extra 10 cents for real gas!!! Since the switch I've driven 575 miles on 21.2 gal. =27.1 mpg. I'm convinced top horsepower is improved too!
And once again, the fallacy of "Ethanol" becomes apparent. There is only half as much energy in a gallon of ETOH as Base gasoline. But the retail outlet can charge as much for the fuel. It does improve octane.
Farm Lobby wants you to burn corn in your car. And now your food costs more as well. Corn was $80.00 a ton in 2007. Now it's at $ 240.00 a ton.
Could this have something to do with $4.00 a gallon gas? I don't know but something is not Kosher here. Last year saw more oil pumped than ever before. There is no shortage of oil. It also saw record corn production when farmers (including those big corporate farms) switched crops from wheat and beans to meet the anticipated demand for ethanol.
And now wheat is @ $12.40 per bushel and bread will cost almost twice as much as it did in 2006. This despite the ineffeciency of making ethanol.
In the end, your car gets lower milage as you drive home the bacon that cost twice as much at the store. The Na-sayers were right, Ethanol is a bust.
It kinda reminds me of that Electric Supercharger thingy. Sounds cool until you actualy get past the BS and do the math.
roadster with a stick.