There has been an absolute dearth of exciting E85 news in recent months. But not any more. In fact, when the government subsidy expired, a lot of people expected E85 to simply fade away. Not so much.

"Cellulosic bio-ethanol is poised to see large scale production for the first time next year."

This is sweet news to the E85 blood running in this EVO owner's veins.

LINK: 25 million gallon cellulosic ethanol plant opening

 

Good to hear. I used to have to drive 2.5 hours for it, hopefully it will open more stations

 

more production is good but we're gonna need gov't backing to successfully integrate it into our economy at an equal footing with gasoline.

 

that is the best news ive heard in months!

 

I'd like to think the better answer is, rather than prop of E85, to simply charge the real cost of gasoline with all of the government direct and indirect subsidies. The biggest and most readily overlooked of which is the vast cost of the world wide US military industrial complex, which attempts to keep just enough peace in the world so that we can pay large sums of money to people groups who wish to do us harm just to keep the crude oil flowing.

 

I think that could backfire a bit because jet fuel and diesel are both made from crude oil as well. There are ways to make jet fuel and diesel from algae which is also one of the developing strategies for ethanol. If this method of fuel production could become competitive, then I could fully see ditching any crude oil subsidies.

 

That is good news. I too, was concerned when the subsidy issue came up last year

On a side note to the above comments:
The US / Canada have the ability to produce so much new oil that OPEC oil can be eliminated sometime in the next decade (i.e. Horizontal drilling, oil sands etc)

Build the pipe line now

 

I love the double standard that is applied to E85. Its so awesome. LOL.

 

Ive been on E85 for over a month now and love it. Especially with it being 2.79 a gallon now!

 

+1 I'm all in on the 85... there needs to be more stations in FL that carry it

 

gotta love the midwest for e85 prices. i pay ~3.80/gal which is ~0.20/gal less than premium.

 

whats your guys's E content like? im from ND and mid summer mine is like E83-87. and spring and fall its more like E68-71. seems like when its cheaper at the pump it has a better content is what I noticed....I was just wondering cuz I hear of people getting E90 from pumps

 

Im in San diego and i test my E85 everytime i fill up. I have heard that the gas here is very inconsistant but everytime i test i am getting ~E83-90. i have never gotten anything lower then E80 though.

 

in GA where i lived before it was always E85. In Raleigh it was E75ish until recently. Now its E83. And the price here is more slightly more expensive then regular. In GA it was always 20 cents less (At least at the gas station I was getting it from.

 

i forgot to mention the prices for me. E85 can range from $2.99 to $3.59. the last 3 fill ups were $3.05. as for 91 from shell or cheveron is ~$4.25-$4.35.