Not in areas where the EPA has mandated ethanol-blend gasoline. EPA theory: "It works in cars. Who gives a flip about the rich in their luxury yachts!"
Meanhile, ol' Bass Boat Bubba has his outboard dying on him all day from this trash gas.
The October issue of Consumer Reports magazine has a big story on ethanol and exposes all the myths of ethanol. Their conclusion: ethanol is really a bad deal.
Funny - I know many folks would qualify as "Bass Boat Bubba" who are having zero trouble from using ethanol blended gasoline. AS I posted just a few minutes ago, I just got back from fishing with a buddy who has had zero trouble in the years he has had his boat - oil injected 2'stroke. Ethanol blending has had no effect.
And isn't Consumer Reports the group that was busted for rigging rollover tests of some "infamous" small SUVs? Among other questionable reports in their history.....
And despite some folk's opinions, ethanol itself burns much CLEANER than petrolium gasoline. The primary downfall is the effect it has on rubber-based gaskets and hoses, as well as the increased ability to absorb moisture.
Certainly not a yacht, but our little tootle around the lake boat has a Volvo engine.
I read the Consumer Reports story also. I read that Ethanol greatly reduces unwanted emissions. Ethanol is renewable while fossil fuels are being used up. The supply of ethanol is increasing every day. Ethanol is purchased from hardworking Americans not Wahhabis. The reason ethanol prices are high right now is just because the price of gasoline is high and it is in demand as a gasoline substitute. With high prices American Ethanol producers are able to pay off new ethanol plants in just one or two seasons. I'm happy to see my fellow countrymen getting rich and not some wife beating Saudi! Although ethanol is not the full and final fuel for all applications, I'm amazed at the number of folks who always charge out to fight progress when it first happens. Honestly, If ethanol is not a good solution a better solution will present itself in due time. Perhaps a blend of butanol, ethanol, and gasoline would work better. The most sure thing however is that the same knuckleheads who are fighting progress now will also fight progress then. Just as those of us who try to embrace progress now will also be pushing for progress in the future.