Liquid performance boost: Premium gas

All gas in Alaska is "Ethanol" free thanks to an exemption obtained by our Senator. Alaska has one of the highest concentrations of small aircraft flying about the state in the world and its not unusual, particularly in small villages, to see a plane fueling up from a gas station. For obvious reasons it is considerably more critical that the power plant on a plane; as opposed to a ground based engine not stop operating!

First time I became aware of this ethanol business was riding with my sister in NH this summer. -Doug
 
When I rode Vt. this year they had Stewart's gas stations, their high grade was free of corn, the people called it real gas, I fueled up the bike a number of times and noticed it ran cooler and got more miles out of the tank. I was told they get their gas out of Canada, ya it was a few cents more but I think it was worth it.
 
so what is this magic fuel you use??
 
most small plane with continental and lycoming engines use 100 low lead found at airports how does it compare to what alaskan gas station have in their tanks ?
 
Being the conspiracy nut that I am, (some friends call me Mel) I think it looks like the old bait and switch game. The gas industry rules the world. More powerful than any King, Queen, or potus. Feed us crap gas, until all the reports of it messing up our vehicles, then make the same ole regular "real" gas available at an inflated price. Non-ethanol costs more to produce, but they want more money for the cheaper straight gas? Go figger???
 
albertaduke said:
most small plane with continental and lycoming engines use 100 low lead found at airports how does it compare to what alaskan gas station have in their tanks ?
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Remember the 100LL avgas still has much higher amounts of lead than auto gas. Prolonged use of autogas in a Conti can lead to a valve sticking as the lead is the lubricant. It would be interesting to know if the Alaska autogas meets the same standard regarding lead content as the lower 48.
 

Reminds me of a few years ago when Coke came up with "new" coke. After that flopped, they came up with original coke.
 

A few clarifications...

Exxon, the largest publicly traded oil company by a wide margin.... is the 9th largest oil company in the world. The 8 above it on the list are all government-owned. (Saudi, Russia, Venezuela, etc). The oil companies that most people see every day, have nearly zero influence on oil prices, and their impact on gasoline prices is in the pennies.

The non-ethanol gas that is available at a normal pump is exclusive to small towns, with exception of the $8/gallon stuff. Our federal government, to support the midwest states, have decided that if you live anywhere near a large city, you are obligated to subsidize corn farmers. Non-Ethanol pump gas is more expensive simply due to supply and demand. The refineries don't put much out, because the ability to sell it is so limited. Being from Houston, I'd have to drive 3 counties away to find real pump gas.

MarvinM
 
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