For those of us old enough to remember, after the Arab Oil Embargo of the 70's one chain of gas stations (Fina?) actually began selling what we now call E10, but back then it was called "gasahol".
At that time I had just bought a new Ford Festiva (first year for them) and I was getting 30 mpg. I switched to gasahol and got 27 mpg, a 10% drop in gas milage.
That's all the evidence I needed to know it's a boondoggle. Mixing alcohol with gasoline is good for politicians, grain farmers and people who like to think they're doing to save the planet.
One need look no farther than the recent economic collapse, the government's response, and E10 to realize that we no longer live in a world based on reality.
