If you live in an agricultural area, you probably already know what E85 is. I don’t, but every week or two I drive from my primary residence (Livermore, CA) to my mountain home in Arnold, CA. About half way there via my normal route, I pass a gas station that is right in the middle of California’s Central Valley, one of the largest food-stuff producers in the U.S. I have noted in the past that (1) they sell E85 (fuel that is roughly 85% bio-ethanol) because they have a large sign out front that advertises this, and (2) E85 is a lot less expensive than gasoline.
Of course during the peak gasoline prices recently, I wondered if either of the vehicles that I drive to Arnold could use this. When I’m curious about something, particularly when it is related to the Energy Industry, it usually ends up as a paper / post on Energy Central, and thus this post.