tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692876515191508436.post3288498965025468678..comments2023-05-05T04:41:38.936-04:00Comments on American Fuels: E85 and C.A.F.E. StandardsMichael A. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09199422307810316900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692876515191508436.post-21252341320734956832008-11-28T19:34:00.000-05:002008-11-28T19:34:00.000-05:00Go to the NTSB website and read the CAFE Overview....Go to the NTSB website and read the CAFE Overview. The link is in the article. You have some serious misconceptions about how the program is run.Michael A. Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199422307810316900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692876515191508436.post-68226328158623150602008-11-28T16:11:00.000-05:002008-11-28T16:11:00.000-05:00GM 's sudden stewardship of the environment is sim...GM 's sudden stewardship of the environment is simply a way to continue to make gas guzzlers thanks to E85 an extremely inefficient fuel. The CAFE standards call for all car companies to achieve an average MPG for all vehicles. I believe the most recent number is 27 MPG. Well if you make the biggest money off of 10 miles per gallon SUV's you would hate to say good bye to them wouldn't you? <BR/><BR/>The CAFE standards has a loophole, that being that an E85 vehicle operating on E85 miles per gallon are ONLY figured against the actual amount of gasoline in the blend (15%) if you divide 100% fuel by 15% gasoline you get the multiplier to the mpg (666) therefore a gas guzzling 10 MPG SUV is given credit for 66.6 MPG. If you sell one SUV like this you can have 5 vehicles only achieving 20 MPG and this gas guzzling SUV and you average more than 27 MPG overall while not one of their vehicles really met the standard. <BR/><BR/>GM is not the only one taking advantage of this free ride Ford and Chrysler are too. The big three are heading down the toilet and this is just their hands clinging to the rim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com