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Originally Posted by wanabe1026
You are correct that ethanol doesn't produce the same amount of energy output as conventional gasoline. However, most car companies claim that the drop in mpg is due to the cars not being properly tuned for ethanol. I'm not sure if thats 100% true or not. I'm pretty sure Indy cars run on ethanol though, and they have no problem with it.
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It isn't true.
Ethanol has less energy per gallon than gasoline.
Therefore, it cannot do as much work, and lowers the MPG.
TR
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