The Oil Drum: E85: Spinning Our Wheels, A Mathematical Analysis

If you listen to the news lately, you know that E85 is going to lead the U.S. to energy independence, just like it did in Brazil. Senator Hillary Clinton has announced that she is getting into the act

`We’ve got to take action on this pump issue or we’re just spinning our wheels,’ she said.
Just spinning our wheels. Indeed. But let’s do a reality check and see whose wheels are spinning. These claims deserve a mathematical analysis, which none of the E85 proponents appear to have done.
much more after the jump to The Oil Drum.