Suprise: Congressionally Mandated Ethanol Hurts Gas Mileage
While Congress continues to find ways to take money from the evil oil companies, they seem to have no issues with providing increased subsidies to companies which produce inferior products. Despite requiring almost as much energy to produce as it releases when bruned, corn based ethanol recieves billions of dollars per year in tax payer money in order to make it economically viable. On top of which, Congress has essentially mandated a market for a product for which there would essentially be none, by requiring billions of gallons of ethanol to be added to gasoline supplies each year.
While most American may be aware that Congress has given taxpayer money to the multi-billion dollar corporations which produce corn based ethanol, what they may not realize is that they continue to pay for this poor energy policy every time they fill up their tank. A recent Eyewitness News report states that adding 10% ethanol to gasoline reduces your cars gas mileage about 5%:
Eyewitness News Everywhere Uncovers drivers losing valuable miles on a tank of gas because of ethanol blended fuel.
You may have noticed a sign at the pump telling you the gas contains up to 10% ethanol, which is an alcohol and biofuel made from corn.
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.
It is also important to remember that the environmental benefits of burning corn based ethanol as oppossed to gasoline are offset by the fact that ethanol needs to be transported in gasoline burning trucks, as opposed to gasonline which can be transported long distances through pipelines.
Hat Tip HotAir.com
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