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Subject:Re: Ethanol free gas
From:ralph meyermann
Date:Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:29:19 -0500

Saturday I got a scare on whats possibly to come? At a semi local chain
here in Iowa they had 2 selections of 87 octane, one with alcohol and one
without then diesel!

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> I continue to be amazed that non-alcoholic fuel is so much more expensive
> than the alcoholic variety in some locations.  I wonder if these stations
> only sell non-alcoholic gasoline in higher octane versions.  Here
> (Oklahoma) and other places where I have bought it, alcohol free runs a few
> cents higher at a given grade than the alcoholic stuff.  Stations I buy
> from generally have only non-alcoholic or only alcoholic, and offer three
> grades.  I did see a Seven Eleven in Oklahoma City a few days ago that had
> ethanol free only in the highest grade, I think it was 93 octane.  It was
> about a dollar higher than 87 octane, but only 7 cents higher than
> alcoholic 93 octane.  I buy only 87 octane in this part of the country.  At
> high altitudes I notice that octane rating for regular may be 85, but the
> alcoholic/non-alcoholic price ratio is usually similar to what I see at
> home.
>
> mcneely
>
> ---- Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > RE: Non Ethanol Gas
> > I just noticed today that the gas station at Wild Horse Casino
> > (Pendleton Or.) has gas without ethanol, about 40 cents higher.
>
> --
> David McNeely
>

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