

NEWS REPORT: ETHANOL EATS AWAY GAS MILEAGE

Critics have been trying to make this point for some time now but here's a news report (discovered via HotAir.com), confirming what many of us had already suspected: ethanol simply doesn't provide the level of energy that gasoline does -- so when it's added to the fuel you purchase at the pump, you pay more fill to up and have to fill up more often. And here's an excerpt of the from the report: Supporters of ethanol use say it's a cheaper, cleaner burning fuel. They claim the 10% blend has virtually no impact on fuel efficiency, but some mechanics disagree. "It's about 4-5% based on the numbers," says Mark Block, owner of Block Automotive in Cordova. Block says it's simple science. He says a car must burn more ethanol to create the same energy as gasoline. So if you remove 10% pure gasoline and replace it with ethanol, the fuel won't burn the same. According to Block's numbers, the driver of a vehicle that gets 20 miles per gallon would see his fuel efficiency drop to 19 miles per gallon on average.

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