Hello Ian,
Many thanks for a very enlighten post.
It seems that increasing the ethanol content to 10% results in a weakened mixture, which can manifest itself as a lowering of performance, and an increased consumption.
Others may disagree and have better evidence than me that the consumption is not affected to any noticeable degree - it would be interested to hear of these experiences.
Your post was of particular interest to me, since my 3ltr non-Audi was 3/4 filled with E10 and this seems to be disappearing at a rate of knots greater than when last filled with E5. Very limited, and not very scientific experience, but I intend to return to E5 and see what happens.
Many thanks again for your post.
Kind regards,
Gareth.