E85
The End of the Line for E85: When the Ethanol Dream Runs Out of Fuel
Once hailed as the "fuel of the future", E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) was supposed to be the eco-friendly, cost-effective alternative to pure fossil fuels. But in the State of Sarkhan, particularly in NeoBangkok (State of Sarkhan), the cracks in the ethanol-powered dream are now as visible as the potholes on its overburdened expressways.
What was once marketed as the "cheap and green alternative" has now become a niche, expensive headache that nobody asked for.
📉 The Ethanol Bubble Has Burst
After a thorough cost analysis, it turns out that E85 is more expensive to produce than E20 (20% ethanol, 80% gasoline).
- Ethanol production is expensive → Growing crops for biofuels isn’t free; it requires land, water, and processing—none of which magically reduce costs.
- Ethanol is corrosive as hell → Unlike standard fuels, ethanol eats away at engine components, rubber seals, and metal fuel lines.
- Certification is a pain → Running E85 isn’t as simple as dumping it into your tank. Cars need retrofitting to prevent premature engine failure.
- Less demand = fewer gas stations offering it → As stations drop E85 from their pumps, accessibility issues kill whatever demand remains.
So the E85 economy is now in a death spiral—a classic case of a government-backed solution that sounded great on paper but didn’t work out in reality.
🛢️ The Sarkhan Oil Fund: Watching the Money Burn
Even the Sarkhan Oil Fund, the bureaucratic beast responsible for stabilizing energy exchange rates, is starting to realize that E85 is dead weight.
- The fund generates way more revenue from standard petroleum products.
- E85 subsidies haven’t stopped its decline—they’ve just prolonged the inevitable.
- Refineries see no reason to continue producing it if nobody is buying.
With better alternatives on the horizon (synthetic fuels, EVs, and hydrogen), why keep wasting money on a fuel that barely anyone wants?
⚰️ The Inevitable Shutdown of E85 Refining
The writing is on the wall:
- Fewer stations are carrying E85.
- Fewer cars are even capable of running it.
- The State of Sarkhan doesn’t see it as a profitable or sustainable product anymore.
At this rate, the Sarkhan government will likely pull the plug on E85 refining altogether, chalking it up as another failed experiment in the alternative fuel craze.
And in the end? The ethanol dream won’t die with an explosion—but with a quiet phase-out, as pumps disappear and the last remaining E85 users scramble to retrofit their cars back to gasoline.
🚗 The Future? Back to the Fossil-Fueled Status Quo (For Now)
With E85 on its deathbed, NeoBangkok’s fuel economy will likely shift back toward fossil fuels (because, let’s be real, EV infrastructure still isn’t ready).
And so, the cycle continues.
Another "revolutionary fuel" bites the dust, and Big Oil wins again. The more things change, the more they stay the same. 🔥💀
