http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/a-few-drawbacks-to-ethanol/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:29:51 -0600 hourly 1 http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/a-few-drawbacks-to-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 Dan Vander Berg Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:02:18 +0000 http://www.energyrefuge.com/blog/a-few-drawbacks-to-ethanol/#comment-3214 If I run 10% ethanol fuel in my truck, I get 20% worse mpg. So if I would use the 10% mix, I would need to use more gas. If I only lost 10%, I still wouldn't like ethanol, but it least I wouldn't be burning more gas. I thought the point of using ethanol was so we wouldn't use as much gas. I have heard other people say they lose between 15 to 20% mph. Has anyone else seen this decrease? If so, isn't this the opposite of what we wanted, and how to we fix it? If I run 10% ethanol fuel in my truck, I get 20% worse mpg. So if I would use the 10% mix, I would need to use more gas. If I only lost 10%, I still wouldn’t like ethanol, but it least I wouldn’t be burning more gas. I thought the point of using ethanol was so we wouldn’t use as much gas. I have heard other people say they lose between 15 to 20% mph. Has anyone else seen this decrease? If so, isn’t this the opposite of what we wanted, and how to we fix it?

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