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Trust The Ethanol Lobby That Your Car Needs More Corn?
By Mr Ethanol | December 7, 2007
Wired News:
You probably know that there’s a glut of ethanol on the market, thanks to government subsidies that primarily benefit producers and wealthy corn farmers. There’s no stopping the government sop; it’s got broad bipartisian support because it wears the patriotic gown of energy independence.
But what to do about falling ethanol prices? Yesterday, a study from American Coalition for Ethanol was released that shows (surprise!) a higher mix of ethanol to gasoline produces better car mileage. The ACE is the lead lobbying group in Washington for ethanol producers. Perhaps someone can help me with my science here, but ethanol produces less energy per gallon than gasoline. How is it that reducing the total energy in your tank (the ACE recommends 20 to 30% ethanol, above today’s 15%) results in better mileage?
Detroit smells flimflam too. Read after the jump.
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