Ethanol
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From: Upstate N.Y.-Rochester Area
A couple of "lesser" known but good quality local chain stations offer Non-Ethanol gas, a couple within a few miles of my house and scattered in area's that I ride most often.
More stations now offering PURE gas, it was a lot harder to find a few years back.
More stations now offering PURE gas, it was a lot harder to find a few years back.
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From: Granville New York
If you're using it something you use almost the time it shouldn't hurt anything. But I wouldn't use it in any thing that sits for any amount of time...all the the stuff that's been mentioned. Luckily for me there's a locally owned chain of convenience stores that carry 91 octane non ethanol and there's one on just about every corner and intersection here upstate new york...believe me it's one of the few good things about the state lol
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From: Syracuse NY
On that Pure Gas site, I forgot to mention that you can bookmark it by state.
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NY
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NY
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Louisiana
On that Pure Gas site, I forgot to mention that you can bookmark it by state.
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NY
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NY
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From: Canada
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From: Carlsbad, CA
Ethanol is a farce. It is nothing but a response to the corn lobby. It has up to 20% less BTU than pure gas, So, it's use causes you to use more gas. Our late model HD can run 10%... but anything above that needs special mods.
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From: Kentucky
The corn/ethanol industry has given enormous amounts of money to the swamp, in other words bribes, to pass legislation forcing the use of ethanol and kicking back tens of billions in subsidies to be shared among giant agra companies' executives. An enormous portion of US acreage for food production is now used for corn to produce ethanol. So as long as the swamp is there so will ethanol in out fuel.
