Local Walmart Selling Ethanol-Free Gasoline!!

[rekees4300]

Did you actually hand them your card? If not, it could have been a skimmer on the pump that they weren't aware of.

Yes handed them the card since sign on pump said "pay inside". IMO the owner was the "skimmer".

 

[Fallon]

The higher the octane, the harder it is to ignite. Hence the use in high compression & turbocharged engines. High octane actually has less energy per gallon than low octane. It makes more power because of the higher compression though.

Generally you should run the lowest octane fuel you can that doesn't cause pinging. Anything higher is just wasting money.

 

[Garandman]

puregas.com has a comprehensive nationwide list of E-zero gas retailers.

Not around here!

I'd been paying $4.75 a gallon for MOGAS from a small airport when I discovered the nearest gas station (Goshen Country Store, Goshen NH) has zero Ethanol high test (93 Octane).

Many small airports have pumps with MOGAS. You have to bring cans, can't fill up a vehicle. Most do not advertise the fact.

 

[horses2]

probably useful to note that ethanol blending is required by law to meet the federal renewable fuel standard. originally put in place in 2005 and renewed in 2007, it mandates that fuel from "renewable sources" be blended into road fuel in increasing amounts. so E10 will help meet that law, and E15, E85 will get a supplier there faster. it is important to also note that ethanol has a lower energy content (BTU) than gas so basically it takes more ethanol to have the same energy content as gasoline. Flex fuel vehicle can detect ethanol content and adjust the fuel/air mix amount to compensate.

 

[Copperhead]

The dynamics are a little more than just BTU content. Cummins and Ricardo have both developed E85 engines that take advantage of ethanol characteristics. Cummins 2.8L E85 inline 4 engine has the equivalent power as a 5.7L V8 and better fuel economy than the latter by more than a small margin. Ricardo's 3.6L E85 V6 engine, they have beefed up the guts considerably, boosted it, and it delivers the equivalent power of a 6.6L Duramax Diesel and also delivers equivalent diesel fuel economy. When one takes advantage of the cooling effect of ethanol when injected along with it's substantial octane performance and other features, interesting things can be done. The main reason that ethanol thus far delivers lower economy is indeed associated with BTU's, but as it pertains to running it in a traditional engine that was primarily developed to run gasoline and a few changes have been made to allow various blend of ethanol to also be used.

While the EPA has some play in the blending game, the maximum amount of ethanol produced, and allowed to be produced in this country, is 14.5 billion gallons. That is not enough to dose every gallon of gasoline to 10%. And if more of that maximum production is tied up in higher blends like E20, E30, E50, and E85, that is less that is available to make E10.