u/CA_Cockroach

Read that last row again. E100 at ₹82 on the pump display effectively costs you ₹122 per liter of real driving. That's ₹27 MORE than crude petrol. This is the reality of pure E100. So if E100 itself is a losing bet, how on earth is E20, E25… blending saving you anything?

It's like watering down your ₹10,000 whiskey with expensive sparkling water, only to realize you now have to drink twice as much to feel anything.

And I haven't even touched the nightmare it's causing to millions of pre-E20 engines — corroded fuel lines, swollen injectors, destroyed rubber seals. Owners are paying lakhs in repairs for a "green revolution" that was never about saving the environment or your money.

TL;DR: Ethanol is procured at ₹67/L, retails at ₹82, but delivers only 67% energy — making its real effective cost ₹122/L vs ₹95 for petrol. You're paying a 28% premium for diluted fuel that's also eating your engine alive. Anyone else's mileage destroyed since E20?

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You’ve been sold a lie. Over the last five years, crude oil averaged $76 a barrel. At today’s exchange rate, raw petrol costs a dirt-cheap ₹45 per litre. Even after refineries and ruthless government taxes gouge the price, you pay ₹95 at the pump. Now look at ethanol. Procured at ₹67 per litre, its base cost is instantly higher than crude. But here is the catastrophic secret: ethanol contains exactly 33% less energy. Your engine burns through it faster just to maintain the same speed. When you apply this brutal mileage penalty to the supposedly cheaper ₹82 retail cost, pure E100's true price skyrockets to ₹122. If this is the terrifying reality for E100, our existing E20 blend obviously cannot be making your fuel cheaper. It’s an invisible tax forcing you to pay premium prices for watered-down fuel. And don't even get me started on the corrosive engine damage it is inflicting on millions of existing non-E20 cars

Blending ethanol with petrol to save money is like watering down your ₹10,000 whiskey with expensive sparkling water, only to realize you now have to drink twice as much to feel anything

What do you think?

E100 or E85 is 60% more expensive than petrol

E100 or E80 will be more costlier! [Explanation in comments]

My 2-year-old car's mileage tanked after E20. So I sat down and did the actual math. What I found is infuriating

Ethanol revolution is the greatest mathematical heist of the decade