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Originally posted by kaisen
No but when gas was $2.59 E85 was $2.09.
They do not have E85 where I normally buy gas.
Now that gas is $2.20 I doubt E85 is $1.70, but I will check.
Ethanol contains about 60% of the energy per gallon that gasoline contains.

So at the prices you quoted, Ethanol is 80% the price of Gasoline. It is overpriced by 33% for the energy contained, compared to gasoline.
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