Ive noticed lately that all there is on the southside is premium gas. is there any truth to the fact that they are adding more ethanol to the gas to beef up supplies or to lower the cost?

 

One thing that's been out in the news recently is E85, if that's what ur referring to. This is an 85% ethanol mixture that burns less efficiently, but reduces our strain on the fossil fuels. *edit: this is only available in about 300 stations across the nation, mostly on the west coast. This is also only compatible with a few makes/models of cars. /edit*

The rising gas prices are because oil has hiked above $70/barrel. This is partially due to the recent nuclear announcements in Iran, along with all the other problems in the middle east.

 

it wasnt the E85 gas it was regular pump gas that was getting more ethynol added or something like that (thats what I heard anyway)

 

I hope you are using premium gas.

 

You guys are close... actually, I think the reason that stations are running low is due to the fact that refineries are switching over to a summer blend from the winter blend... along with this usual yearly occurence, they are having to adjust the amount of ethanol in the fuel mixture due to new government regs that were passed at the beginning of the year. So I hear supply chains are going to be disrupted for much of the rest of this month and possibly into May depending on how smooth they can make the transition, and depending on overall demand as we move into the summer driving months.

 

I didn't realize gas was blended for the season... makes sense though. Good info. s2kVA04.

Thumbs still down to OPEC.

 

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j/k

 

Actually.... the shortages are due to the industry phasing out a water-polluting additive..... and in order to get the new gas, the gas station has to run their current tanks of gas dry... hense the reason for the "shortage of gas" or "running out of gas" at certain gas stations...

 

here's an article on it if you want more info on it...

http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/20/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

 

So I read that article, and now I'm worried. This quote:

"Because ethanol is a solvent, it will strip corrosion and impurities that build up inside gasoline storage tanks, allowing them to mingle with gasoline supplies.

That means terminal operators must drain giant tanks that hold gasoline stocks and scrub out the impurities before they can be refilled with ethanol-enriched gasoline, he said."

So if the gas stations are worried about their tanks coroding, what about the gas tanks in our cars?

- Jeremy (jnn4v)