I had a trip down south today just out of the city (STL). Stopped to buy fuel and used a new pump dispenser that I have never seen before (Wayne Helix).
This dispenser could dispense all three grades of unleaded, plus it had E85, and E15 with dedicated hoses. I assume that most stations that seem to carry E85, do so from a dedicated storage tank. I am not sure if the pump can blend the appropriate % of ethanol needed depending on the product, but I have never seen this before where E15, and E85 had dedicated nozzles on the same pump.
I know here on BITOG, ethanol seems to be viewed as "love or hate it" thing. Personally I use E85 whenever I can as one of my cars is Flex Fuel capable. Today I payed 3.46 per gallon. This station also seemed to be heavily promoting E15, so my gut is telling me that this could be mainstream fuel (at least here in the mid-west) in the near future.
I am curious to those of you have E15 available in your area. Please comment if you do and where you are located.
I tried to post this in another thread already started on the subject, but that thread appears to be closed, not sure why.
This dispenser could dispense all three grades of unleaded, plus it had E85, and E15 with dedicated hoses. I assume that most stations that seem to carry E85, do so from a dedicated storage tank. I am not sure if the pump can blend the appropriate % of ethanol needed depending on the product, but I have never seen this before where E15, and E85 had dedicated nozzles on the same pump.
I know here on BITOG, ethanol seems to be viewed as "love or hate it" thing. Personally I use E85 whenever I can as one of my cars is Flex Fuel capable. Today I payed 3.46 per gallon. This station also seemed to be heavily promoting E15, so my gut is telling me that this could be mainstream fuel (at least here in the mid-west) in the near future.
I am curious to those of you have E15 available in your area. Please comment if you do and where you are located.
I tried to post this in another thread already started on the subject, but that thread appears to be closed, not sure why.