Walmart Gas

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  1. Salamander_King

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    WOW! That's 10x concentrated gas. Do you dilute it with ethanol? LOL :ROFLMAO:
     
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    That's what pretty much every pump up here says, with ethanol. At Chevron their 94 octane pump only says "contains no ethanol".
     
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    Does Canada have an ethanol lobby like the US?
     
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    Not sure. Most gas has ethanol, but it's not 10% in all grades. I was reading a pump at a Shell, and it said percent was 10/5/0 for reg/mid/high octane grades. At Chevron there's four octane grades: the three lower have a single sticker saying "may contain up to 10% ethanol", and the highest octane pump is offset a bit, and says no ethanol.

    I've read there's some sort of quota requirement, a certain amount of ethanol needs to be added, and it tends to be more in the big cities, delivery issues being more of a factor in small towns. So, out-of-the-way places, your odds of stumbling on ethanol-free are better.
     
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    The "contains up to 10% ethanol" sticker is readily available, and covers for when a station's usual delivery isn't 10%, or if one of the octanes doesn't contain a full 10%. They save some money with just the one sticker vs. multiples addressing the possible exemptions.
     
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    Think an ethanol thread is needed in Fred's of Politics, but I'm too lazy to start it.....:rolleyes:
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    So you have an opportunity to pay significantly more for gas which is either 10 times more gas than gas is, or 10% less gas than gas is. I would save my money, personally.
     
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