Recent advances with E85 in making it BTU equivalent to gasoline is another avenue to reducing imported oil. Better yet, ethanol is currently sold at the ethanol factory for around $1.50 a gallon.

There is another thread on this site that details this information ..http://greenhybrid.com/discuss/f22/h...11/#post169454

2005 AWD Escape Hybrid
Best tank trip MPG 39.02 (scangauge II) for 402 miles on I-70, 10.3 gallons used over mostly flat terrain.

Best tank trip MPG 34.6 for E30 for 271 miles along I-80 in Indiana and Ohio.