E85 Money Saver?

I know what your thinking, "Not another E85 alternate fuel blog." I do realize I may have been on a bit of a kick with this particular subject as of late. However, with that said this will be the last on the subject for at least a while.

With gas prices going up north of $3.75 (in NC) more people are looking at alternate fuels, and E85 Ethanol (corn fuel). But what they are finding is that while cheaper, the fuel economy is worse than the "slightly less" mileage promised by the government, EPA, and corn fuel companies. For example the new Ford Explorer is rated at 16 city/ 18 hwy with gas, but only 11 city/13 hwy with E85. The Chevy Tahoe is rated at 15/21 with gas, and only 11/15 mpg with E85.

The bottom line: Car and Driver magazine says E85 needs to be 30% cheaper than gas to start to save you money.

I mean that only seems fair that if its gonna be 30% less efficient than gas than it should be 30% cheaper. In closing I just want to recap that not only is E85 not more "green" as portrayed, but its not even as efficient as they claim.

Yet again I wish that we would start taking advantage of the enormous amounts of fossil fuels that are scattered all around our great country. Start building more drilling facilities and more refineries. Do away with these ridiculous regulations, and requirements on the gas companies. Just in those ways alone we will be able to bring down the gas prices.