Silly EPA....


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I'm all about being green but the sad thing is the people making all these decisions and laws never look at the big picture. Hybrids may get better mileage but cost a lot more to repair and increase the battery production and waste exponentially, diesel exhaust fluid is one of the nastiest fluids I've had to encounter and from what I've heard is now being studied for being counterproductive. Ethanol is a train I never have and never will get on, you generally get lower mileage with it and have to increase maintenance to benefit at all so wheres the benefit?

 

The benefit is corn sales and votes. Although that's not much of a benefit to our wallets or the planet...

 

I wish I had a gas station near me that still sells pure gasoline. I have the "pure gas" app that shows you places that still sell pure gas.

 

For everyday driving I think the blended fuels are acceptable. However if you have access to it, I highly recommend it when towing. The short time I had access to 100% gas when towing our pop-up it made a world of difference when dipping into the throttle! So much so, I had no qualms about passing another vehicle while going uphill with a semi closing in behind me, all the while pulling an extra 2000 lb pop up camper

 

the pumps on certain stations in Canada say premium is ethanol free. I have not done any wet chemistry to confirm this so don't hold me to that.

 

I think in MOST cases anything above 87 octane is supposed to be ethanol free, but whats on the sticker and whats in the tank may not be the same.

 

https://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Gaso...10826-315.aspx and The Blend Valve - How Gas Pumps Work | HowStuffWorks

If you're near an ethanol plant, it's possible there is an ethanol tank, but in most areas that is unlikely, due to ethanol's habit of collecting water. So the only way a station would have both gas with ethanol and gas without would be to have the high (or low) octane tank be no ethanol. Since ethanol is used in part to raise the octane, it would seem much more likely that the lower octane fuel would be ethanol free...

And since I'm replying, don't blame EPA for this, Congress passed a law. EPA is just complying with it the same way all of us comply with speed limits, license fees, etc. If you feel this is such a travesty or miscarriage of justice, write your congressperson and senator and ask them to do their job and pass reforms...