In a message dated 1/1/2008 2:59:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
europa-list@matronics.com writes:
If you are unlucky like us in the green state of
Florida many of our stations are adding 10% ethanol to all blends, they are
supposed to post it on the pumps so be careful.
Greetings Bud and all,
I have 2, 550 gallon underground fuel tanks at my strip and I usually run a
50/50 blend of Amoco 93 and 100LL. This helps reduce lead fouling and reduces
the cost per gallon somewhat. I recently (late November) spoke with a
representative of Amoco at the local fuel terminal because I was wanting to
know
where they were with blending in their winter additives. I was thinking of
buying some fuel, hopefully before the winter stuff is put in, but I was a
little
too late this year. They were already at stage II of IV. I'll have to wait
until mid April now to get fuel without the winter crap added, but I intend to
tank up when they are back to normal 93.
The Amoco rep told me that here in Tennessee, we have about another year
before ethanol is mandatory for all auto fuels statewide. He said that ethanol
up to 10% can be added with no warning on the pump. Anything at or above 10%
ethanol is required by law to be posted on the pump.
FWIW, the EAA sells a nifty little ethanol tester for about $15. Simple,
cheap and effective.
I would encourage everyone on this side of the pond to join the AOPA if you
aren't already a member. The AOPA is on the front lines of this (and many
other issues like user fees) and is working on our behalf to come to some sort
of remedy regarding ethanol for those of us who run mogas in airplanes. The
AOPA is our voice in Congress. Our Congresscritters have swallowed this ethanol
boondoggle hook, line and sinker and unless we make a lot of noise about it,
we're going to have to swallow hard, too.
Happy New Year!
Regards,
John Lawton
Whitwell, TN (TN89)
N245E - Flying - 149.5 hours and lovin' every minute of it!
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