Pure Gasoline & "Not Quite Gasoline"...
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Pure Gasoline & "Not Quite Gasoline"...
I ran across an article yesterday - Avoiding the Corn Con - and discovered a great website for those of us concerned with ethanol blended gasoline and would rather run pure gasoline in our scoots, cars and other internal combustion engines.
The "gas" we put into our tanks now usually contains 10 percent corn alcohol -- ethanol. As a result, our gas mileage goes down by a sizable amount. People usually dont notice anymore because unlike Back in the Day, we no longer only get Not Quite Gas during the winter months, we get it all year round. Like air travel before Gate Rape, real gas is something only people over 30 have any real memory of.
But, there is an out.
Because of problems that could not be hidden with Not Quite Gas -- especially physical problems in older (pre-computer) cars, outdoor power equipment (two-stroke equipment such as chainsaws, especially) and marine engines as well as problems arising from water build-up in tanks and lines (ethanol absorbs water from atmospheric humidity, etc.) and a much shorter shelf life, which is an obvious concern for owners of antique vehicles, as well as boats and power equipment that may sit for weeks/months at a time -- it is once again legal to sell real gas.
Heres a website that lists 4,773 pure gasoline retailers in the USA and Canada: Pure Gas.Org
Im fortunate enough to have three retailers near me that sells 93 octane pure gas and two others about twenty miles away that offers the same grade.
With winter arriving soon, Id much rather have the real deal in my Road Kings fuel tank than the water absorbing and low shelf life ethanol blended gasoline (not to mention my 1965 Mustang V-8 convertible). Pure gasoline has a lower flashpoint than ethanol gasoline and gets better fuel mileage, which would probably offset the ten cents a gallon higher cost (big deal; Id rather pay fifty cents more to fill up my Road King with the real thing).
I just thought Id give a heads up to everyone concerned that Pure Gasoline is still available and the Pure Gas website makes it easy to find. They even provide the GPS location of the retailers!
Happy Motoring
The "gas" we put into our tanks now usually contains 10 percent corn alcohol -- ethanol. As a result, our gas mileage goes down by a sizable amount. People usually dont notice anymore because unlike Back in the Day, we no longer only get Not Quite Gas during the winter months, we get it all year round. Like air travel before Gate Rape, real gas is something only people over 30 have any real memory of.
But, there is an out.
Because of problems that could not be hidden with Not Quite Gas -- especially physical problems in older (pre-computer) cars, outdoor power equipment (two-stroke equipment such as chainsaws, especially) and marine engines as well as problems arising from water build-up in tanks and lines (ethanol absorbs water from atmospheric humidity, etc.) and a much shorter shelf life, which is an obvious concern for owners of antique vehicles, as well as boats and power equipment that may sit for weeks/months at a time -- it is once again legal to sell real gas.
Im fortunate enough to have three retailers near me that sells 93 octane pure gas and two others about twenty miles away that offers the same grade.
With winter arriving soon, Id much rather have the real deal in my Road Kings fuel tank than the water absorbing and low shelf life ethanol blended gasoline (not to mention my 1965 Mustang V-8 convertible). Pure gasoline has a lower flashpoint than ethanol gasoline and gets better fuel mileage, which would probably offset the ten cents a gallon higher cost (big deal; Id rather pay fifty cents more to fill up my Road King with the real thing).
I just thought Id give a heads up to everyone concerned that Pure Gasoline is still available and the Pure Gas website makes it easy to find. They even provide the GPS location of the retailers!
Happy Motoring
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Under the number 4474 (they've already added one!) near the bottom of the web page there are the 50 states abbreviated...just click on your state and find your city/cities...it's working (but it could be more user-friendly)
It lists 48 retailers for your home state
It lists 48 retailers for your home state
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Yeah, that site has been around a while. I used it several times the past few months our little road trips. Very handy. I've only burned 1 tank of 10% E Gas and I plan on it being the last until the Government screws something up again.
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E10 is all I've been able to use for some time now and I've never had a single gasoline related problem. Either I've just been really lucky or ethanol isn't the devil after all.
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