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State Vehicles Increase Ethanol Use

By Mr Ethanol | October 9, 2007

Belleville News Democrat:
The state has bought hundreds of flex-fuel vehicles capable of running on ethanol over the past few years, but that may be costing taxpayers thousands of dollars in fuel costs because of the vehicles’ lower gas mileage, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday.

Flex-fuel vehicles can run on either regular gasoline or an 85 percent blend of ethanol, which typically is generated from corn.

While E85 can boost Missouri’s farm economy and reduce the dependency on foreign oil, it also can reduce vehicle gas mileage by 15 to 30 percent, according to federal and auto industry estimates.

Supporters of the fuel note that E85 generally is less expensive than regular gas. Missouri officials say they believe those discounts make up for most, if not all, of the loss in gas mileage.

But Missouri’s own data suggest the state is probably not buying E85 at enough of a discount to justify the loss in gas mileage. In fact, for every dollar the state is saving on the fuel, it could be spending as much as $2 extra toward more frequent fill-ups.

According to an annual report by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the state paid about 14 percent less than it would have for gas for 299,155 gallons of E85 it bought between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006.

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