These types of signs can cost $5,000 to $10,000, but you can often buy them used â already installed â for $1,000. Next up the pyramid are the 30-sheet billboards, which are roughly 12â x 24â in size.
Filed Under: Alternatives, crude oil, E-85, Ethanol, Flex Fuel, gas prices, Iroquois Bio-Energy Company. E-85 price now lower than regular gasoline (Credit: CBS). E-85 price now lower than regular gasoline (Credit: CBS). CHICAGO (CBS) â Crude oil prices are down, and that should be good news for drivers. But the problem is, many drivers arenât seeing prices at the gas pump fall that much.
As Dan Simmons quipped, âA gallon of water is cheaper than a gallon of ethanol.â This observation doesnât mean refiners are rushing to mix water into the fuel mixture in order to boost profit margins.In conclusion, nobody is saying that ethanol would completely disappear in the absence of federal mandates.o give an example of what we mean, consider this recent article from Bloomberg: Ethanol, the best-performing energy commodity this year, is cheaper than gasoline, encouraging refiners to use the biofuel even if President Barack Obamaâs administration ends a requirement to do so.