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Since our gas now has 10% ethanol rather than MTBE the highway mileage in both of our Honda CR-Vs has dropped from the 29mpg range to the 26mpg range. Doesn't make sense - the roads, speed limits, and our driving habits are the same, but I keep meticulous mileage records and those are the facts. Other local drivers are complaining about getting the same sort of results, about a 10% decrease. Makes the feds and state happy - more tax revenue, and of course there are the oil companies as well. To rub salt into the wounds, ethanol production is subsidised by our taxes.