Furthermore, Becker states, ethanol has a lower energy content than gasoline, so to meet the same energy demands, more gallons of ethanol would have to be produced.

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Remember that ethanol has less energy content than gasoline.

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There is simply nothing close to the energy content of gasoline or diesel fuel that allows you to fill up and take off and barely even have to think of any limit to your driving for the rest of the day even on a road trip.

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One is products with a high commodity content, such as metals, food and gasoline.

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And the energy content of ethanol is only two-thirds that of gasoline.

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No gas has the energy content to provide a range anything near comparable to todays vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel fuel.

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Depending on where a motorist lives, the particular blend of gasoline sold at a certain time of the year may have more or less energy content, which in turn results in better or worse fuel economy.

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