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Originally Posted by RandyR
What's going to happen if E85 becomes more prevalent?
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Sadly, our fuel efficiency will drop like crazy. That's what's going to happen with E85 for sure. I noticed when California switched to E10, my efficiency dropped by at least 3 mpg on my old car. Also, most engines being used today aren't able to handle more 10% alcohol blend. All the car companies are going to have to pour more money into R&D into new engines. Also, ethanol hasn't been used long enough to know the long term effect it's going to have on the older engines. But if you just throw in a mandatory E85 law out of nowhere, people are going to get screwed left and right because old cars will basically become obsolete causing almost everyone loosing the current value of their cars. Or, they will have to spend money to reconfig the engine for E85.