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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
I love the idea of e85, so long as it can stand on its own.
Which might be possible now due to all the cheap/evil natural gas we have.
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The problem is people typically get 20-25% worse fuel economy on E85 but it usually costs 5-10% less. You will pay more to go less distance with E85.
Ethanol is a great thing. An engine that is made to run on it is very clean and runs cooler than a gasoline equivalent. Flex fuel vehicles can't take advantage of the ethanol. Just because they CAN run on it doesn't mean they are running on it effectively. Lower compression ratio and a conventional fuel system cripples the benefit of running ethanol but still shows all of it's disadvantages.