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Old 11-17-2007, 01:56 PM   #8
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Ethanol has less energy per gallon than gasoline, therefore your MPG will be lower not higher........

I've also heard, not sure if it is true or not, that ethanol requires more energy to produce then it yields, making it very expensive (requiring government subsidies to make it profitable).
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