E-85 Not worth the effort!!

[icehog3]

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.

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by icehog3

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??