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Upside to high gas prices will mean we'll be seeing more small cars on the road. That will give the car companies more reason to focusing on providing more selection as well. Maybe we'll even see a diesel MINI show up on these shores.... Certainly liking what Mazda is doing.

 

Everyone shut up and drive :devil:

 

Soooo, am I remembering this correctly?
In the good old days gasoline didn't have ethanol....
Then the shortage, then the politicians, then the oil companies got together...
Well now see we gotta add ethanol to the gas see.... and ethanol/gal is more expensive than gasoline/gal, so the price goes up..... (lots of hand rubbin going on by the above characters)...
So now the price of "pure" unadulterated gasoline is gonna go up when they pull the ethanol out (lots of hand rubbin going on by the above characters)...? Whaaaat???

 

Ethanol acts as an oxygenator, it helps reduce smog. They used to use MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) as an oxygenator, but it is very toxic and was causing health issues and contaminating ground water.

Ethanol is about 35% oxygen, it doesn't need to be added to gasoline in the high concentration it is today to be an effective oxygenator.

It is the corn lobby that is pushing to increase the percent of ethanol in gasoline.

Dave

 

Like high taxes, there is no upside to high fuel prices.

 

I call it F Ethanol because all it does I F things up.

I run Sunco 93 or Sunoco Race fuel with lots of VP M1 Meth.
Take that you corncob love'in lobbyist and politicians.

 

Summer and winter blends too, that vary by states. One nationwide blend would lower the cost....?

 

You realize what $5.00 a gallon would do to other things. Food and anything else that had to be transported would go up in cost. Farmers and even the folks who mow lawns would raise their price. Fewer folks would travel, so the tourist industry would suffer, not to mention fewer MINIs at MOTD. It might not be worth the while for Way or Chad to attend any longer.

Jim

 

Costco buys gas on the spot market and buys the least expensive brand on that day. Is that a bad thing, for your MINI, probably, it doesn't have an additive package that Top Tier brands have. For your SUV, probably not. All gas has to meet a minimum spec. It all comes from the same depot in the region, the only difference being the additive package added when the tanker is being filled.

Another thing is that Costco sells a lot of gas, their tanks are filled often. It's fresh gas as opposed to the small brand name station that's 0.50 gal more down the street.

For my SUV (not that I have one) I'd buy Costco gas if I was a member. For my MINI, not so much.

 

I think it's a big tank of BS.:devil::lol:

 

Where is that?

Sunoco 93 is still less then $4.00 here in PA.

 

Ouch, just filled up at 3.34 here in Central Texas

 

For 89 or 93 octane?

 

93 for $3.52 here in Central KY

 

About the same here in Ohio.

 

$1.31 per liter here for 94($4.95Gallon)

 

Stop complaining, you can get Chevron and no ethanol. MPG has to be better.

Jim