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By the end of the year, automobile fuel across Oregon is required to contain a 10 percent mix of ethanol, according to legislation passed in 2007 designed to promote renewable energy. Central Oregon’s deadline to convert to the blend is mid-September, although the E10 mix is now in some local gas stations.
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I live in Central Oregon, where we are soon going to have 10% ethanol. I have read the post about blending fuels, but I don't see any information for Oregon that states that we will have anything higher than 10% ethanol, at least not in Central Oregon. I will make a mental note to look up stations and if they will carry any higher ethanol. Anyway, do any of you have any thoughts on how I can maintain decent mileage when I start using E10? After reading how E10 reduces mileage here in GH and the above referenced link, I think I will be stuck for a while with reduced mileage. The following quote concerned me, and I drive a TCH, not a Prius.
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When Maren Craig drove her Prius to Portland in late January, she didn’t pay much attention to the fuel mileage her hybrid car was getting. The computerized display on her dashboard showed somewhere between 50 and 55 miles per gallon, typical for her highway mileage, said the Bend resident.
In Portland, she filled up, noticing the station carried a blend of gasoline and 10 percent ethanol, and then headed south on I-5 toward Medford.
Along the way, her gas mileage dropped more than 20 percent.
“I got 38.9 miles to the gallon,” she said. “I was just horrified. I thought something must be wrong with my car. That had never happened before.”
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Thank you for any incite,
Jason