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- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!cherokee!greg
- From: greg@cherokee.b23b.ingr.com (Greg Moritz)
- Subject: Re: Ethanol blended gasoline
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.123259.2473@infonode.ingr.com>
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- Sender: usenet@infonode.ingr.com (Usenet Administrator)
- Reply-To: greg@cherokee.b23b.ingr.com (Greg Moritz)
- Organization: Dazix, An Intergraph Company
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:32:59 GMT
-
- sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders) wonders:
- > I'm surprised to see that ethanol blends are more expensive than
- > pure gasoline in some areas. Here in Omaha, Nebraska, ethanol
- > is always a few cents cheaper than the equivalent octane gasoline.
-
- This is because ethanol gasoline is usually subsidized (expecially in
- farm states like Nebraska). The subsidy is in the form of reduced
- or eliminated taxes paid at the pump.
-
- The last time I saw the numbers, Ethanol was only competitive with
- Gasoline when Petroleum was priced over $40 per barrel. Petroleum
- today is around $21 and heading down.
-
- There are qualitative reasons for using Ethanol, however. By burning
- a gallon of Ethanol, we reduce the amount of Petroleum that we import
- by about .6 gallons.
-