# The new fuel economy standards congress passed

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**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451 "2007-12-18T12:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451/27 "2007-12-18T17:55:57Z")

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The biggest problem I see is that Ethanol is very expensive to refine and you have to consider the cost of growing/harvesting/refining vs. price per gallon, not to mention it has only something like 30% of the efficiency of gas right now.

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