The refineries may all be chronologically old but all have gone through
continuous refit to net more gallons of gas per barrel of oil and to produce
newer reformulated gasoline.

With all of the work being done to them today's refineries are hardly "old".

There is no difference in cash or credit prices in any stations I visit in
Fl, AL, GA, TN, KY, IN or WI and I'm an all of these states often enough to
know. I wonder if this is a Kalifornia or Left Coast thing (pun intended)?

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
www.stir-plate.com
www.towercooler.com
www.kegkits.com

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Jeff
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 3:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas Brand Preferences?

Actually, there are over a hundred oil refineries in the USA with many being
in the southern US.  Unfortunately, all of them are quite old.

Cheers, 

Jeff

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Evan Mac Donald
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 8:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas Brand Preferences?

Be careful to consider geographical influences. There are no Arco stations
near me, in Detroit, Michigan. There are also no Chevron stations.
Personally, I use�almost exclusively, the gas from my local Sam's Club in
all four of my vehicles. I have never had a fuel related issue from them.
Their source, directly, is unknown to me, but again, there is only one
refinery, in the southern U.S., that actually creates the eight-carbon based
fuel we all use.
It
is all about the additives, and how many brokers it passes thru, before it
ends up in your tank.�

The difference in per-gallon price, credit vs. cash, though, does still show
up around here. Some have the outrageous difference of a dime per gallon
difference (!), but most are a nickel, or so. The individual station seems
to be where it comes up, rather than a particular brand.
�Evan Mac Donald 

"...in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history."
-Stacy Schiff 

________________________________
From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Sun, February 5, 2012 11:16:55 AM
Subject: Gas Brand Preferences?

I see, in several responses to my posting about Arco's 35 cent surcharge on
gas purchases, that virtually everyone expresses a preference for Chevron
gasoline.� That includes me.� But is there any objective data to support a
superiority of Chevron gas?� Curious minds wonder.

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