How "environmentally conscious" was the waste of a small engine and the attachments which enabled me to cut grass with it?
When I run 91 octane (real) gasoline, I get 18 MPG. The best I get with 87 octane 10% ethanol is 15 MPG.
I will use the real deal until I no longer can. Then I will pull that engine and put in something different, but I won't buy a new spy vehicle to record and report my activities.
Ethanol-free gasoline stations.
http://pure-gas.org/
I’m experimenting with pure (100%) gasoline. My last 2 fillups are with 87 octane regular 100% gasoline, and I’m tracking my mileage after each fillup. I calculate it manually (miles driven / gallons) rather than rely on the dashboard gauge which is not quite as accurate.
I’m going to watch it over a few fillups, then compare to my mileage that I’ve been getting using 91 octane “normal” gas (up to 10% alcohol). I suspect that the higher BTU rate of the pure gasoline will at least equal the mileage enhancement that comes with my engine’s adjustment to the higher octane of the 91 I’ve been using (my engine computer does take advantage of higher octane by adjusting the mixture/timing for the slightly slower burn speed of higher octane fuel).
BTW, I always treat my lawn mower gas with Sta-Bil to help keep it fresh and to help deal with some of the negative effects that alcohol can have on the fuel system of some small engines. Haven’t had any problems with my mower, tractor, or weed-eater.
Liberals just want children to die.
I’m all for removing the corn ethanol subsidy. Those plants with paid-down capital structures will be fine and only take it because it’s offered. But his argument about food prices in 2012 is specious. The cost of corn in human foods is so small as to be negligible and when you buy a nice juicy ear of corn on the cob, you do realize it’s not the same thing that cows eat, right? Consumers have suffered FAR more significant cost increases in the amount we’ve had to pay for PETRO FUELS (gasoline) which is not due to supply and demand or gov’t subsidies whatsoever.
Compare the price of gas at the pump when GWB left office and today and everyone will quit whining about corn subsidies instantly.
Unfortunately there’s no ethonol-free gasoline station close to us.