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E10 (10 percent ethanol) has 3.3 percent less energy content per gallon
than conventional gasoline. E85 (which currently averages 74 percent ethanol
by volume) has 24.1 percent less energy per gallon than conventional gasoline.
AEO2007 assumes that engine thermal efficiency remains the same whether
the vehicle burns conventional gasoline, E10, or E85. This means that 1.03
gallons of E10 or 1.32 gallons of E85 are needed for a vehicle to cover
the same distance that it would with a gallon of conventional gasoline.
Although the difference is not expected to have a significant effect on
purchases of E10, AEO2007 assumes that motorists whose vehicles are able
to run on E85 or conventional gasoline will compare the two fuels on the
basis of price per unit of energy.
Table 12. Energy content of biofuels should be corrected as follows:
Fuel |
Btu per gallon
(low heating value) |
Btu per gallon
(high heating value) |
Gallons of gasoline equivalent
(high heating value) |
Conventional Gasoline |
115,500 |
125,071 |
1.00 |
Fuel ethanol (E100) |
76,000 |
84,262 |
0.67 |
E85 (74% blend on average) |
-- |
94,872 |
0.76 |
Distillate fuel oil (diesel) |
128,500 |
138,690 |
1.11 |
Biodiesel (B100) |
118,296 |
128,520 |
1.03 |
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