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Originally Posted by Drifter
The goal is to decrease oil use, not fuel consumption. You're replacing ~15% of oil-based gasoline with plant-based ethanol (which should lower mpg ~7% compared to pure gasoline).
If I'm doing my math correctly, the net result should be America using ~9% less oil to drive the same amount (but paying more to do so)
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that is canceled out by lowering the mpg Net savings is zero possibly negative depending on how the car reacts to it
if i get 3mpg less because of it then i'd drop down to about 16 instead of 22 with real 100% gas