While I agree with your opposition to ethanol in gasoline….I believe your basic supposition is incorrect. It is not a “farce”… it is real.…and the reason is not to make gasoline “less effective”…(it actually increases octane)…and it does not increase fuel costs (as opposed to the MBTE it replaced) …..and the “envirobuddys” are not who is enriched….it is corn farmers and their lobbyists who gain by the policy.….and believe it or not…it keeps the petroleum industry high-in-cash.Ethanol gas is a farce brought about to make real gasoline less effective and increase the costs. I never understood why we should take corn out of the food chain and make worse fuel to enrich a few envirobuddys. Ethanol in fuel does more harm than good.
I think the difficulties of which you write are not due to “high octane” fuel. Excessively high octane (unleaded) causes no problems… it’s only a waste of money. Leaded gasoline CAN cause some troubles but not hard-starting… usually lead fouling only.All E-free gas up my way is high octane, it will cause all kinds of issues in some equipment, due to Knock sensors protecting the motors. Power tools and all 2-strokes get it nothing else.
I know that Cam-am UTV's will not tend to start if running High octane fuel.
All E-free up here is 92 octane, higher 10% E goes up to 91 octane and the knock sensor is there to protect the motor from detonation, which will happen in newer powersports engines if running it.I think the difficulties of which you write are not due to “high octane” fuel. Excessively high octane (unleaded) causes no problems… it’s only a waste of money. Leaded gasoline CAN cause some troubles but not hard-starting… usually lead fouling only.
Knock sensors protect against LOW ocatane…not high. Is it possible you mis-wrote when you said “all E-free gs up my way is high octane”…?? perhaps you meant Low octane?
Sorry for the confusion…but what you just posted appears to completely contradict what you posted previously (if E-free is 92 and E is 91)..the E-free should run BETTER than E10 in all equipt regardless.All E-free up here is 92 octane, higher 10% E goes up to 91 octane and the knock sensor is there to protect the motor from detonation, which will happen in newer powersports engines if running it.
And how is that different than land and real estate in urban areas..?? It’s ALL gone up enormously,…nothing/little to do with ethanol.I was told to always follow the money.
Its about transferring wealth from urban areas into the countryside
In 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that set minimum requirements for the use of renewable fuels, including ethanol, in motor fuels.
Its impact on land prices and corn prices is easy to see.
I read a story that says some cornland in Iowa sold for $30,000 / acrea thanks to the demand for ethanol.
I'm a simple person but the pic's are hard to argue with i guess.
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Research corn lobby and Senator Chuck Grassley.Ethanol gas is a farce brought about to make real gasoline less effective and increase the costs. I never understood why we should take corn out of the food chain and make worse fuel to enrich a few envirobuddys. Ethanol in fuel does more harm than good.
My bet was a corn subsidy for the farmers.I was told to always follow the money.
Its about transferring wealth from urban areas into the countryside
In 2005, the U.S. Congress enacted a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that set minimum requirements for the use of renewable fuels, including ethanol, in motor fuels.
Its impact on land prices and corn prices is easy to see.
I read a story that says some cornland in Iowa sold for $30,000 / acrea thanks to the demand for ethanol.
I'm a simple person but the pic's are hard to argue with i guess.
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Yep.Research corn lobby and Senator Chuck Grassley.
Not necessarily run better but be less prone to knock. Unless running a performance engine (Raptor R, TRX, Z06 vette, some high end German vehicles, modified engines of some sort), the engine will run the exact same on 87 as it will on 93 and everything in between. High compression ratio, or high boost will require higher octane.Sorry for the confusion…but what you just posted appears to completely contradict what you posted previously (if E-free is 92 and E is 91)..the E-free should run BETTER than E10 in all equipt regardless.