Re: Why is the supply of E85 fuel so tightly controlled?

"John_H" <john4721@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:rec7141vugc2f53341ugpan9j2f13elp2i@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hence E85 has around 30% lower energy content than petrol and you'd
> therefore expect to use 30% more under the same operating conditions.

If it's got 30% less power, wouldn't you need to use about 43% more of the

stuff?

eg. If 100 litres of petrol will get you 1000km, 100litres of E85 would go

700km. To go 1000km on E85 would require 142.8 litres - nearly 43% more,
not 
30% more.


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Kwyj.