Ethanol vs Non Ethanol Gas While Towing
I am on my 5th full tank of Non Ethanol Gas in My 01 Yukon and have seen a 2-4 Mpg increase in MPG! In town also it seems to start quicker and just over all Run Smoother than on the Popular gas everyo...
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3oaks wrote:Johno02 wrote:I agree accept with the cost to produce. Gasolene with ethanol is the cheapest fuel at the pumps. The higher the ethanol percentage, the cheaper the price per gallon. If it costs more to produce it certainly wouldn't be cheaper than gasoline without ethanol added.
Gas with ethanol costs more to produce, costs in power and performance, and is one of the biggest ripoff ever forced on people by the US government. If you can afford it, always use non-ethanol.
Yes, it does cost more to produce. The producers are subsidized with our tax dollars, so they can sell it cheap. If left to stand on their own, ethanol producers would fail, and we'd be rid of that cr@p.
As long as they dangle this tax subsidized cheap price in our faces, people will buy and keep them going. Also drives up the cost of food, as most every food source has some corn ingredient.
Most people don't know that, even at a cheaper price, it's not much of a savings. You will burn more of it, than the non-ethanol to go the same distance.
Oh, and I do not tow with it, unless no other choice, which rarely happens.
Jerry
