-MIKE- wrote in :

Also, how the h3!! does it fluctuate perfectly in sync with gasoline
prices when it only contains 15% gas? When gas is 2 bucks a gallon,
E-85 is around 2 bucks. When gas is 4 bucks a gallon, E-85 is around
4 bucks when there's no fluctuation in the ethanol supply and the
price is controlled. Who's doing that math? What a rip-off.

Some of that is profiteering, but a big part of it is that
corn ethanol requires a fair bit of fuel to make, and it
can't be stored all that long, so the cost of making it
tracks the cost of fuel fairly well.

In Brazil, where ethanol comes from sugar cane, it takes
much less energy to make it, and almost all comes from
burning bagasse rather than other fuels.

John