Re: [AMC-List] E85 and Old Cars

[farna@xxxxxxx]

I did some more reading too. Yes, closer to the "corn belt" where ethanol is made it's a bit cheaper. Part of the problem with the pricing in areas far from production facilities is transportation. Ethanol or E-85 can't be pushed through pipelines because it draws to much moisture along the way, so it all has to be trucked or railed around. I'm sure someone will figure out a way to either treat it so it won't draw so much moisture and/or erect large water separators/filters at pipeline terminals. That probably isn't practical now, but as volume goes up it should be. The pipelines use water "plugs" to separate "shipments" now since gasoline and water don't mix. They'll have to come up with something else (hey, maybe a gasoline "plug", or a thicker oil that won't mix easily, even vegetable oil -- the "plugs" can be reused...) to separate "shipments" since water mixes so well with ethanol.

On April 26, 2006 Todd Tomason wrote:

> The difference in price seems to depend on where you are.  When I've bought it
> in Missouri it's between 30 and 60 cents less than gasoline.
> 
> Todd
> 
> On Tuesday 25 April 2006 08:15, farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > There appears to be no consumer reason for switching to E85. In the vast
> > majority of instances E85 prices closely parallel gasoline prices, maybe a
> > few pennies less. I checked pricing on this site (which has other info and
> > links) - http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/e85toolkit/e85_fuel.html. The only
> > reason to switch to E85 is environmental. In the long run using more
> > ethanol should help US industries other than oil -- especially farming.
> >


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