Motion Lotion, price thereof

[obbop]

Here in the cultural backwater of Omaha Nebraska the gasoline with 10 per-cent ethanol currently costs 10-cents more per gallon than the non-ethanol "regular" grade gas.

Hmmmmm..... pay more for a fuel that doesn't offer as many BTUs thus less mileage per gallon of fuel burnt???!!!!!

Local radio just made mention of this and that the price disparity is due to demand and a lack of supply of ethanol.... that ethanol was being imported from Brazil to assist in alleviating the shortage.

Hmmmm........ seems to me this occurance can lead to but one conclusion, the masses are unaware of the deficiency of "power" within the ethanol blend versus straight gasoline.

If folks knew the ethanol blend was the "inferior" fuel surely they would use the regular grade lower-cost non-blended gas, especially if it was 10-cents less per gallon.

Perhaps the masses see the greater octane number posted for the ethanol blend and consider it to be superior to the straight non-blended gas displaying a couple less octane numbers.

By golly.... add a little cologne to some gas and market it as the best and charge oodles and gobs for it. The masses would likely buy it and beg for more!!!!!!

Bah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NJC]

Bah is right. Once I looked at the relative BTU's in enthanol and gas, I stopped using the 10% blend.

 

[robbobster]

If my truck was E85 compatible, and there were retail outlets to buy it, I'd tune my truck to take advantage of the high octane.

A bit more ignition advance...a bit more boost...

She's got a 30-gallon tank, and I only get about 10MPG anyways, so the inferior energy density wouldn't make much difference.

 

[oilyriser]

Gas should be priced by the MBTU or megajoule.

 

[ekpolk]

Doesn't it suck having a brain??? Don't hold your breath. . .

 

[oilyriser]

or at least BTU values posted at the pump, or on a website. From what I've read lately on this website, the Katrina gas formula is over, but people are thinking their increased MPG is from what they just did to their cars.

 

[Matt_S]

The reason ethanol is so pricey is that everyone is scrambling to phase out MTBE. There's a lot of pressure to do this on a nationwide scale, apparently, even though no federal regulations have changed. They're all, of course, going to ethanol as a replacement, sending the price sky high. I saw an article yesterday mentioning this, which was the second time in as many months that I've seen this mentioned.