E85 prices rising in my area, what about yours?
#35
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When I filled up this afternoon, I spoke to the gas station attendant, and he said the station makes no money on their E85 sales. He said they are keeping it around though because its cheaper than regular, and it attracts people into the station who don't realize its the E85 price. He also said that if the subsidy goes away, their price for E85 will go up accordingly. Makes me wonder if they will continue to sell it if the sale price surpasses regular gasoline. The US Govt really needs to get their head screwed on straight about whether E85 is a real strategy for oil independence.
#42
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Cheaper yes, but our infrastructure isn't able to handle using anything in mass quantities but predominately corn which made it the easy/simple/quick choice. Oh, BTW, most of you don't know this but domestic ethanol producers grind more than just corn. One of our ethanol plants doesn't use any corn at all.
Last edited by Kracka; Dec 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM.
#45
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Cheaper yes, but our infrastructure isn't able to handle using anything in mass quantities but predominately corn which made it the easy/simple/quick choice. Oh, BTW, most of you don't know this but domestic ethanol producers grind more than just corn. One of our ethanol plants doesn't use any corn at all.