"Dave" wrote
Mys Terry said:
It has higher octane,
increasing power, but doesn't get quite as many miles per gallon.

With statements like that, the author of the article earns himself all the
credibility of the NY Times (which is to say damned little credibility).

That's the point the Ethanol evangelists are dodging. Higher octane rating only
allows increased power IF used in a very high compression engine. Otherwise it
means lousy mileage for both gas and ethanol. But EPA will not allow US
consumers to have high compression cars because the make more NOx. So, unless
somebody reins in EPA, US E85 cars will get even ****tier mileage than the low
compression gasoline burners EPA stuck us with back in 1970. And if we did
change that rule we could build gas burners that got 30-40% better mileage. But
this isn't about common sense, it's about evangelism! Gasoline BAD, ethanol
GOOD, world FLAT evangelism! So we'll prolly allow cars that burn E85 to have
high compression motors, and make more NOx, but not gasoline fired cars. Makes
perfect sense to most people - they think the cars NASCAR races are just like
the ones they drive too.