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Last I checked, it takes (about 23%) more energy input to make corn derived ethanol than you get out of it. The whole mandate (in the US) to put corn ethanol in fuel is a subsidy to keep corn prices up. It is an alright octane rating modifier though, just get it somewhere other than corn.
May 7, 2025, 3:11 PM
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