[ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area?

Beddingfield, Allen allen at ua.edu
Thu Sep 19 09:36:02 EDT 2013


I am not so much concerned with saving money by getting better gas mileage.  My concern is with minimizing the damage done to the engine by using ethanol.
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Jim Lynch [ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:40 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area?

On 09/17/2013 07:21 PM, David Tomaschik wrote:
> Yes, it takes approximately 1.02 gallons of 10% ethanol gas to equal 1
> gallon of pure gasoline.[1]  On the other hand, I'd suspect you burn
> far more by going out of your way for ethanol-free gas...
Which is about $0.07 per gallon savings at todays prices.  Don't spend
over 7 cents more for non-ethanol gas if you're doing it to save money.

Jim.
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