The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 625
TRUTH ABOUT ETHANOL
The Book Within This Book
Review and Reply to Robert Bryce's GUSHER OF LIES… A Book That's
Aptly Named for What It Is
PART 6
PRICE OF ETHANOL VS. GASOLINE AT THE PUMP
At the time that Bryce wrote GUSHER OF LIES, there was a Federal subsidy
in place that allowed the price of E85 to be priced lower than regular gasoline
(usually E10). The subsidy, which supposedly showed up as about a 60 cents
reduction per gallon, permitted Bryce and others to use the subsidy as an example of how ethanol actually costs more at the pump (if you added the 50
cents to the price of E85 the price would be just about even with regular gasoline). Then if you calculate the supposed difference in MPG between regular
gasoline and E85 according to the BTU nonsense discussed earlier, it shows
that E85 (ethanol) costs more at the pump.
However, the reason why E85 costs about the same as regular gasoline is because it is ultimately formulated and distributed by the oil industry, and they just
won’t sell something that could hurt their normal pricing and profit structure for
their oil products. Of course, different states have different regulations and
