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Rod Speed

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On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:07:25 -0500, Clare Snyder
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On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:00:44 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:09:21 -0500, Clare Snyder
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 05:31:51 -0600, Dean Hoffman
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On 11/8/19 10:28 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

The local Mavericks is putting in two pumps with
for pure gasoline. Yippee!

I lost 2.5 miles per gallon when Gasohol was forced down
our throats, thank you so much.

I wonder if this regulation being removed is Trump's doing?

Next reg to remove, those stupid regs on washing machines.

-T
We've had both in my little world in Nebraska. The ethanol is
considerably
cheaper per gallon. I haven't done the math though to figure miles
per
dollar which
is the important thing.
Here in Ontariariario ethanol free premium is about 17 cents a liter
more expensive than regular right now 1.24 vs 1.07 (3.78 liters to
the yankee gallon) so an extra $0.65 per US Gallon. About 16% more
expensive than regular E10. With ethanol being about half the energy
density of gasoline it works out we are paying the equivalent of 1.17
a liter for regular gasoline factoring out the energy deficiency of
the ethanol. That's 7 cents a liter for the higher octane - about a 6%
premium which is pretty close to what I remember as historic average
(way back I'd pay a dollar a gallon for regular and a dollar 6 or a
dollar 7 for premium)

It is anywhere from 30 to 70 cents more a gallon here depending on
where you go and we have lots of stations carrying it. I think of it
more as a cult product than a necessity, particularly if you are not
storing it for a long time. I run it in everything with no problems. I
do have a habit, gained long before E-10 was a thing, of running small
engine equipment dry before I put them away. Old style gas used to go
bad too, we just want to forget.
" Pure" gas goes bad over a year or more - Ethanol fuel in months

A lot depends on how you store it. In a full
somewhat sealed can, it lasts quite a while,.

Yeah, I have a couple of proper metal jerrycan, the original german design
and standard fuel lasts for years in those. I used to use them when camping
and when I sold the beetle didnt need fuel cans for camping anymore so
it took years before I used any out of those cans and it was fine.

In a fully vented half empty fuel tank it can be gone in a few months.
(Essentially absorbing a critical amount of water and phase separating).

Never tried storing that because we always have the standard gasoline
available.

The sealed fuel tank in cars doesn't seem as bad as
an open vented boat or small equipment. I use my
boat enough to keep the fuel moving so I don't
have the problem.