[shattyfatmas]

E85 will probably not ever take the place of gasoline, even when gasoline is gone. As you pointed out in the Wikipedia "article" and "facts" you posted, it is not as efficient, and is still costing more for most people for less over all range from their vehicle. Because of these two things, it will never gain mass appeal to consumers. And still, E85 has gasoline in it, and therefore not even a true alternative. Engineering firms all over the world are trying to figure out something better than E85 every single day, it is not a long term solution. it is something put in place and expanded by the government under Bush's administration, which is not saying much. Fuel cells are much more likely to take the place of gasoline, and if hydrogen motors advance past the new Honda model quickly, hydrogen will rapidly take the market (as long as they can keep up with power demands).

And really, in a world of growing population and in many cases overcrowding, do you really think we should be devoting farm land to growing fuel, decreasing the over all food production? Supply and demand should not be too hard of a concept even for a high schooler.

Also, the 7-11 units of carbon based fuels to one unit of ethanol based fuel is only the ratio for production, not including transportation, this is the result of a study published in an engineering journal, or i would link it for you.

If E85 ever becomes what you think it is, it will take immense amounts of land, as projected in other studies. Reading Wikipedia and then telling someone to "read up" makes you look like a jack ass.