litesong wrote.......there are only 4000 E85 sources in the U.S. Presently, pure-gas.org (still unfunded) lists almost 14,000 E0 sources.....in Iowa, producer of 25% to 30% of ethanol crops...... there are 322+ E0 sources in Iowa, more than E85 sources.
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y-o-w wrote.......Not really. The big problem facing producing gasoline for the market is the high number of vehicles that require 91 AKI. In order to meet all that demand and not have fuel that can't be used......they need to be able to use a high octane oxygenate to do that.......a low demand market where they might be able to produce a certain amount of E0.
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litesong wrote.....No. Most vehicles list 87 octane as the recommended fuel. Even if 87 octane E10(10% ethanol) & E0 are listed as the same, 87 octane E0 IS 87 octane gasoline (duh). However, not accurate, but "designated" 87 octane E10, has an 84 octane gasoline component. Yes, even listed as the same, 87 octane E0 has a 3 point bump above inaccurate, but "designated" 87 octane E10. Even worse, is the "new" pushed 88 octane E15(15% ethanol). Its gasoline component is down to 83.5 octane (leaving 87 octane E0 with a 3.5 point bump). If the "newly pushed" 88 octane E15 is successful, the "ethanol in gasoline industry" will push 87 octane E15, where the gasoline component will have an 82.4 octane. Yeah, 87 octane E0 will then have a 4.6 octane bump, over 87 octane E15.