Ethanol-producing state backs away from E-85
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If a farm state is turning its back on E-85 gasoline, what is its future?
South Dakota has stopped using E-85 in its state fleet after determining that it costs 13-percent more than the regular gas. Instead, it's going to try E-30.
What's the problem? E-85 doesn't provide particularly good mileage.
Says the Daily Republic:
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E-85, a blend of approximately 85 percent ethanol and about 15 percent gasoline, typically is much cheaper in price per gallon in South Dakota than conventional E-10 blend or regular unleaded gasoline.
However, the bureau's study found that the price difference wasn't enough to overcome the substantially lower fuel mileage using E-85.
South Dakota isn't the only corn state to reconsider E-85. In Iowa, E-85 sales are falling, even though the number of vehicles that can use E-85 is increasing.
(h/t: Midwest Energy News)
