NelsonOKC....
Which station in Rolla has E85? I used to live there and about the only two places that I could imagine having it are the Farmer's Exchange (off 63 South past Wal-Mart) and the MFA Oil station off Pine (by the Concrete place)...
On another note, my dad now sells ethanol plants to farmer's co-ops, private companies and communities. There are obviously some advantages and disadvantages. Yes, there are A LOT of subsidies that the tax payers kick in (not only for growing the crops, but for the land that the plant sits on, the production costs and all) but it's still a good deal for farmers. The profit of selling the byproducts (corn mash, etc) as animal feed, fertilizer or to the whiskey mills pays for the operation and production of the ethanol, so the sale of fuel is money in their pockets (especially with the subsidization on nearly every part of the process).
As a consumer, many can justify useing E85 even with lower MPG as a means of keeping $$$ here in the US and not in the hands of Saudi princes.... not me though, can't run E85