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Old 04-19-2011, 11:50 PM   #5
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Default Re: E-85 Not worth the effort!!

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Originally Posted by icehog3 View Post
My truck is E85 compatible, I bought it in 2006. Did the math, at them time seemed like gas was 10% cheaper and gas mileage was 20% less. Guess I am just not rich enough to go green.
After checking into E85 after the mileage fiasco, I find that it is about 25% less efficient in just about every application. Not only that, but it isn't really that "green". In independent testing, on a 1000 mile trip, it ended up producing carbon based emissions just like gasoline, at a rate less than one-half of one percent different than gasoline produced over the same exact route.

So, I suddenly fail to see the benefit of E85! Same old smoke and mirrors??
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