So the fuel consumption reduction with the EDIE with 10% of the fuel supply coming form ethanol would yield a gasoline consumption reduction of 33%.

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Norton said that even with the reduction in size, the proposed leases will still yield and estimated 185 billion barrels of oil and 1.25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

CNN: Interior Secretary Gale Norton