What Reduces Fuel Mileage? The Ethanol Mandate

Planet Gore on National Review Online

In a July 26 New York Times article, “In Gas-Powered World, Ethanol Stirs Complaints,” a AAA official reports that the “organization has been getting calls from members blaming E10 for mileage drops of 8 to 20 percent. Drivers in Tulsa., he said, are complaining to their local service stations, saying, ‘I used to get 28 mpg; last time around, I'm getting 25. What's going on?' '' That's anecdotal and non-scientific evidence, to be sure. But it's anecdotal and non-scientific evidence of a 10-percent reduction in mileage.