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#703 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [gagrice] by slorenzen

Feb 08, 2013 (11:26 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 08, 2013 11:13 am)
I have an F250 gasser I use as a "farm truck", and it only sees about 5-700 miles a year.
 
Fortunately, I can get 100% gas up here for that vehicle, so it lasts longer.

#704 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [slorenzen] by gagrice

Feb 08, 2013 (1:20 pm)

Replying to: slorenzen (Feb 08, 2013 11:26 am)
I think the only non ethanol gas you can buy is at the airport for small planes. Maybe down at the harbor as well. The sooner I get rid of our gas vehicles and go to diesel the better.

#705 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [gagrice] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Feb 08, 2013 (1:51 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 08, 2013 1:20 pm)
There's some near me; premium only but ethanol free. Not cheap though. Pure-gas.org has a list.
 
There's only 5 "pure gas" stations listed for California.

#706 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 08, 2013 (4:08 pm)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Feb 08, 2013 1:51 pm)
You got me curious so I tracked those five down up in Northern CA. The Northern Lights Energy are the distributors for Union 76 gas. The addresses are their tank farms. Renner seems to be a regional brand. Alaska is the only Free state in the Union. All stations sell REAL gas untainted with alcohol.

#707 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [gagrice] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Feb 08, 2013 (4:29 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 08, 2013 4:08 pm)
Hard to believe that the stations in Anchorage and Fairbanks don't have it for carbon monoxide reduction purposes. Surely they still aren't using MTBE? Is there a "cold start" exemption? Ah, sounds like Frank Murkowski may have killed it.
 
Fairbanks gets that nasty ice fog and they don't call the big city Los Anchorage for nothing. The state is even going after wood burners in Fairbanks. Where's Xwes?

#708 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 08, 2013 (4:38 pm)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Feb 08, 2013 4:29 pm)
Probably has to do with the high cost of shipping Ethanol to the state. Fairbanks does get pretty bad in the Winter with all the cars running. I never noticed it bad in Anchorage. Of course I lived at the top of Rabbit Creek Rd. most of the time. And then way up the Eagle River valley for only a couple years. MTBE was only a problem when stored in underground tanks if memory serves. It got into the ground water and killed everyone in the vicinity.

#709 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [gagrice] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Feb 08, 2013 (4:42 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 08, 2013 4:38 pm)
Gee, too bad all the Delta barley farms went bust; they could have switched to corn and supplied it locally.

#710 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 08, 2013 (5:23 pm)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Feb 08, 2013 4:42 pm)
season is too short for corn. That is why they grew barley. You can make alcohol from barley. But what a waste putting it in your gas tank.

#711 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [gagrice] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Feb 08, 2013 (7:44 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 08, 2013 5:23 pm)
The $100 million joke on the taxpayer was that you couldn't grow barley either. Not one of Jay Hammond's better ideas.
 
The latest blizzard (Nemo?) is bound to make gas prices jump even more. I knew I should have gassed up the other day.

#712 of 795 Re: $4.00/gal is back... [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 08, 2013 (8:03 pm)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Feb 08, 2013 7:44 pm)
All ours are full. Not much chance of a blizzard. Though we are getting hail as I am typing. Snow just 1000 feet higher than I am. Our gas is always high because everything in CA is more expensive. Except oranges and avocados.

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