---- ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!

If I were a gasoline vendor with limited tank and pump capacity, those are probably the three choices I would offer.  A relatively small number of vehicles require higher octane fuels, so I would be losing less business that way than if I offered some different selection.  mcneely

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> 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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David McNeely