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You ready to park your GS?

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I would have to park both of our 4-wheelers and the Goldwing, too.
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I absolutely hate the EPA, and the majority of our federal government as a whole. Bunch of $#&@_#&#&@_@_ idiots making laws that make zero sense in the real world. If only I hadn't moved to a blue state...
 
There are alternatives. We are a smog test state (until January when testing goes away), and we have ethanol free premium if you know where to look. There are other ways to "oxygenate" gasoline besides Ethanol. Ethanol is the cheapest and most subsidized however. The 15% is courtesy of the farm lobby. Support farmers by sacrificing carburetors....
 
Its the fact that ethanol eats up old rubber parts and absorbs water that is the issue here! Better start looking for an ethanol-free supplier.
 
re: hating the epa, this is a trump policy, as a salve to big ag for the tariff situation. the environmental protection folks are against it. Don't want to drag it into vortex territory, just stating the facts....
 
Please correct me if I am wrong as I'm not an atmospheric chemist but, doesn't increased ethanol cause more air quality issues? Not trying to get political, just trying to get the facts right.
 
Corn based ethanol is carbon neutral.... if you don’t consider harvesting energy.
 
Tom R said:
Corn based ethanol is carbon neutral.... if you don?t consider harvesting energy.
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But if you do consider harvesting energy...

I've read that it takes a shyte load of energy to turn some corn into 'gas'.
 
No sign of 15 here in Vancouver { Yet }... And we still have Chevron supreme which is ethanol free which I use.......
 
bccap said:
No sign of 15 here in Vancouver { Yet }... And we still have Chevron supreme which is ethanol free which I use.......
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Ethonal free?!? Send some down!

Maybe we could set up a pipeline. Those never cause any problems, right?
 
Has anyone been spotted selling ethanol-ready rubber parts for old stuff? Is there an additive that actually helps? The E10 is bad enough already.
 
Luckily where I'm at many gas stations offer ethanol free, which is all I use now.
 
Rob S. said:
But if you do consider harvesting energy...

I've read that it takes a shyte load of energy to turn some corn into 'gas'.
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You would be correct. You have to plant it (carbon), you have to fertilize it (carbon), you have to harvest it (carbon), you have to transport it (carbon) you have to process it (carbon) and then you have to deliver it (carbon).

The only reason ethanol is really a thing (in the United States) is because of government subsidised corn farmers. Ethanol also has less energy per gallon than the real thing, which means worse gas mileage.
 
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Everything in every gas station around here is 10% ethanol. There's a marina down the block which used to have gas pumps. Used to.

A guy I ran into today told me I could buy marine (ethanol free) gas in the Bronx. Not that far, but it's $10 each way over the bridge.

What's the recommended treatment? A full (small) bottle of treatment for each tank full?
 
Rob S. said:
Everything in every gas station around here is 10% ethanol. There's a marina down the block which used to have gas pumps. Used to.

A guy I ran into today told me I could buy marine (ethanol free) gas in the Bronx. Not that far, but it's $10 each way over the bridge.

What's the recommended treatment? A full (small) bottle of treatment for each tank full?
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Ride every day if possible. Sitting is when it absorbs water from condensation, and corrosion starts soon after. If you keep the gas flowing through it stays fresher. I use Sta-bil 360 at 50% more than the recommended dose in every tank and it seems to help. Pretty cheap in the quart size on Amazon. And draining the tank and carbs for the winter nap can't be a bad idea
 
greg78gs750 said:
re: hating the epa, this is a trump policy, as a salve to big ag for the tariff situation. the environmental protection folks are against it. Don't want to drag it into vortex territory, just stating the facts....
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E15 was approved (with some limitations on where and when) by the Obama-era EPA in 2011. The Trump administration is proposing easing some of the regulations on where and when it can be sold.

Here are the actual facts:

http://fortune.com/2018/10/11/ethanol-gas-e15-trump/

Nowhere in the article is the word "mandated" used. Congress must change the law before the policy can come into effect.


Misinformation gets halfway around the track before the truth leaves the starting gate.
 
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