http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/27/e85-is-a-viable-product/ Grand Junction, Colorado's community Web site, discussions, forums, message boards, wiki and more. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:54:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/27/e85-is-a-viable-product/#comment-440 John B. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:00:30 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/27/e85-is-a-viable-product/#comment-440 Sorry Betty, but E85, and most ethanol are currently losers. The energy content in corn-based ethanol is less than the energy needed to produce it. Ethanol, per gallon, has a lower energy content than gasoline so miles-per-gallon suffers, all driving conditons being equal. We have, thus far, been sold a bill of goods by the ethanol and corporate farm interests and we are the losers. How did the minimum wage enter the picture? Do I smell a partisan element in your "analysis"? By the way, the acreage taken out of other things and put into corn, along with the proportion of corn going into ethanol production rather than the food supply has been conclusively determined to be a factor in rising food prices. Basic demand and supply. Sorry Betty, but E85, and most ethanol are currently losers. The energy content in corn-based ethanol is less than the energy needed to produce it. Ethanol, per gallon, has a lower energy content than gasoline so miles-per-gallon suffers, all driving conditons being equal. We have, thus far, been sold a bill of goods by the ethanol and corporate farm interests and we are the losers. How did the minimum wage enter the picture? Do I smell a partisan element in your “analysis”?
By the way, the acreage taken out of other things and put into corn, along with the proportion of corn going into ethanol production rather than the food supply has been conclusively determined to be a factor in rising food prices. Basic demand and supply.

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