Maybe the goal of using E85 was not to make a car get better fuel economy, but instead to reduce dependence on foreign oil, reduce the carbon footprint from cars, and reduce the cost per mile to run the car?
I don’t know if E85 actually does those things in the long run (there is some debate based on studies that don’t take the whole lifecycle of the car and it’s fuel into account) but calling an option stupid based on on a goal it was never intended to meet seems silly.
Also, in E85 cars, the main differences are that the rubber components are made from a different material that the fuel doesn’t corrode, and they have an engine computer that can adjust the engine to run on E85. They work perfectly fine with regular fuel as well.
Maybe the goal of using E85 was not to make a car get better fuel economy, but instead to reduce dependence on foreign oil, reduce the carbon footprint from cars, and reduce the cost per mile to run the car?
I don’t know if E85 actually does those things in the long run (there is some debate based on studies that don’t take the whole lifecycle of the car and it’s fuel into account) but calling an option stupid based on on a goal it was never intended to meet seems silly.
Also, in E85 cars, the main differences are that the rubber components are made from a different material that the fuel doesn’t corrode, and they have an engine computer that can adjust the engine to run on E85. They work perfectly fine with regular fuel as well.