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Old 12-09-2007, 07:36 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: New Ethanol Study

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Originally Posted by todd92
The source of this 'study' is an ethanol lobby group. Read it carefully, they aren't saying E20 and E30 get better MPG than gasoline. They are saying that E20 and E30 don't drop the mileage as much as expected based on the ethanol content. The resulting claims of improvement are meaningless.
Then what does this mean?

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--E30 offered better fuel economy than gasoline (a 1% increase) in both the Toyota and the Ford.
--E20 offered better fuel economy than gasoline (a 15% increase) in the flex-fuel Chevrolet.

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