Mike, in spite of the best efforts by the oil companies to make you believe e85 is causing food to rise, take a look at the price of rice.....greed (futures trading) is causing the price of food to rise, along with cost of production, delivery and demand. It is far too complicated a formula to point your finger at any one thing and say see, told ya.

That said, I am using e-85 in my dual fuel certified truck, It reduces the mileage by 3 mpg from 15 to 12 but for the most part it was offset by the reduced price as the only station in Spokane selling it was selling it at 2.39 a gallon.

I drive the truck very little, maybe 20 miles a week at very most, therefore a tank lasts me quite a while so I have not been keeping close tabs on the e-85 price here. I drove by that one station yesterday and found they had raised the e-85 to 3.39 a gallon vs 3.58 for regular unleaded. At that price, I am concerned about buying e-85 vs gas because there is no real payback for me as it saves me $2.85 a tank but costs me 45 miles a tank or about 3 gallons or $7.89 more.

Yes I have to weigh the cleaner vs. less clean, the truck runs better on e-85 (higher octaine=smoother) and less oil....and given the very low miles I put on the truck, it still makes sense to use the e-85, but I am buying a tank of gas every 3 months not every 3 days or a week, given those circumstances, I would probably go with gas but....that said, that is why I bought a hybrid in the first place, so, I could go 3 weeks without buying any gas cause, like I said, I don't drive my truck unless I really need to and then 1X per week to work to keep parts moving.

It also does not make sense to get rid of the truck, I do use it for yardwork, bark, picking up stuff and such, it is paid for and therefore costs me very little as opposed to selling it to someone who would use it daily and cause more polution.

BTW, since I have strayed so far, I forgot to say that was a great article, good to see the results when people go in without an agenda.