Gasoline: 1 Gal Gasoline (mid grade) = 125,000 Btu’s
Ethanol: 1 Gal Ethanol = 76,000 Btu’s
looks to me like ethanol is about 60% the energy of equivalent volume of gasoline and there fore should cost approximately 40% less.
however e85 is a blend of 85% alcohol and 15% gasoline
based on the above values that works out to 82500 Btu’s /gal
which turns out to be 66% the energy in an equivalent volume of gasoline
therefore should sell for approximately 30- 35 %less that gasoline.
and I’ll bet you are paying 90-95% the cost of gasoline.
just think of it as an additional tax for going green. tmm
I found about 10%.
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Gasoline:
1 Gal Gasoline (mid grade) = 125,000 Btu’s
Ethanol:
1 Gal Ethanol = 76,000 Btu’s
looks to me like ethanol is about 60% the energy of equivalent volume of gasoline and there fore should cost approximately 40% less.
however e85 is a blend of 85% alcohol and 15% gasoline
based on the above values that works out to 82500 Btu’s /gal
which turns out to be 66% the energy in an equivalent volume of gasoline
therefore should sell for approximately 30- 35 %less that gasoline.
and I’ll bet you are paying 90-95% the cost of gasoline.
just think of it as an additional tax for going green. tmm
I found about 10%.