Unless you're one of the lucky ones who have a station that still sells pure gasoline, you do. Some states do not require clear labeling; rest assured you are getting at least 10% alcohol. Since my old muscle cars do NOT like alcohol in their gas (and neither do I), I found an interesting site that pretty well told me that I'm SOL if I want pure gasoline. I'd have to travel a hundred miles or so to a boat marina and pay over a buck more a gallon to get any.
Here's the site to see if you have any stations near you that still sell pure gasoline Buy REAL gas. It's pretty sad that we are now going to have 15% alcohol in our vehicles per our lovely government. In case you didn't know, you get less MPG with alcohol in your gas, alcohol destroys rubber and many other gaskets and, besides, it takes 1.4 gallons of diesel fuel to make 1 gallon of ethanol made from corn. How freaking stupid can our government get???
Most car dealers cringe at the thought of G15; 15% ethanol in the gas. The government says that they've done tests in 2011 cars and didn't find many problems running it. Um, I have a big problem with that statement from our government. First, how long did they test G15 in 2011 vehicles?? It couldn't have been long! It's over a few years that the ethanol destroys your engine. The government "test" with G15 is completely bogus and has no merit! Check those cars again in 5 years and see what has happened. It won't be pretty.
That doesn't even get into the fact that using corn (which is actually not a very good base to use making ethanol; sugar is far better) will drive up feed costs, which will drive up food costs all the while driving down fuel economy and running up major engine problems. Each manufacturer with a 10 year powertrain warranty has said they will have to make major changes to the length of the warranty on their engines if they have to run on E15.
What a deal! Thank you, you morons in our government making decisions without researching the outcomes. Lobbyists must be feeding the current Democrat run government hundreds of millions to cram this garbage down our throats!
If you want just a really quick "example", compare the BTU's (British Thermal Unit - accepted method of measuring the amount of energy in a given quantity of fuel). One gallon of gasoline generally (depending on how it's refined) has about 115,400 BTU's in one gallon. Ethanol has about 75,700 BTU's in one gallon. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that blending ethanol in your gasoline is going to give you less BTU's per gallon; thus lower MPG per gallon. Oh, in case you were wondering, regular diesel (not bio-diesel) gives you right at 138,700 BTU's per gallon. If you get bio-diesel, it drops to 126,200 BTU's per gallon.
Like I said, what a deal. Who is cramming this garbage down our throats?! Use 1.4 gallons of diesel to produce 1 gallon of ethanol from corn and then mix that in our gasoline. I fail to see how that's going to help us any.
Here's the site to see if you have any stations near you that still sell pure gasoline Buy REAL gas. It's pretty sad that we are now going to have 15% alcohol in our vehicles per our lovely government. In case you didn't know, you get less MPG with alcohol in your gas, alcohol destroys rubber and many other gaskets and, besides, it takes 1.4 gallons of diesel fuel to make 1 gallon of ethanol made from corn. How freaking stupid can our government get???
Most car dealers cringe at the thought of G15; 15% ethanol in the gas. The government says that they've done tests in 2011 cars and didn't find many problems running it. Um, I have a big problem with that statement from our government. First, how long did they test G15 in 2011 vehicles?? It couldn't have been long! It's over a few years that the ethanol destroys your engine. The government "test" with G15 is completely bogus and has no merit! Check those cars again in 5 years and see what has happened. It won't be pretty.
That doesn't even get into the fact that using corn (which is actually not a very good base to use making ethanol; sugar is far better) will drive up feed costs, which will drive up food costs all the while driving down fuel economy and running up major engine problems. Each manufacturer with a 10 year powertrain warranty has said they will have to make major changes to the length of the warranty on their engines if they have to run on E15.
What a deal! Thank you, you morons in our government making decisions without researching the outcomes. Lobbyists must be feeding the current Democrat run government hundreds of millions to cram this garbage down our throats!
If you want just a really quick "example", compare the BTU's (British Thermal Unit - accepted method of measuring the amount of energy in a given quantity of fuel). One gallon of gasoline generally (depending on how it's refined) has about 115,400 BTU's in one gallon. Ethanol has about 75,700 BTU's in one gallon. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that blending ethanol in your gasoline is going to give you less BTU's per gallon; thus lower MPG per gallon. Oh, in case you were wondering, regular diesel (not bio-diesel) gives you right at 138,700 BTU's per gallon. If you get bio-diesel, it drops to 126,200 BTU's per gallon.
Like I said, what a deal. Who is cramming this garbage down our throats?! Use 1.4 gallons of diesel to produce 1 gallon of ethanol from corn and then mix that in our gasoline. I fail to see how that's going to help us any.