martinmalley
CEG'er
Burning ethanol (of any kind) produces a type of smog our current gasoline formulations do not. Ethanol creates more pollution.
Maybe it's a really sad attempt by the government to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and lower gas prices, since it would reduce the amount of gas use by 10%... Not that gas prices have any real relation to demand, and it doesn't make a dent in our dependency.
It will not reduce the amount of gas used by 10%. Since my milage went from ~25mpg to ~20mpg, that is a ~25% decrease in fuel economy! I will end up having to buy more gas to go the same distance. Not to mention the fact that the energy expended to create the (Corn Based) ethonol is nearly equal to the amount of energy it produces when burned.