Why have consumers tolerated non-availability of E0 for so long????
Skimming through these posts today, reading the same type of comments I've read in hundreds of other forums/blogs over and over, for so many years, leaves me with no other option than to give-up trying to motivate the public to take action to reclaim their right to buy E0 ethanol-free fuel...
First, I need to remove (E0 Fuel Choice) petition from our site (obviously I'm just been wasting my time) -
http://www.fuel-testers.com/fuel_choice_petition.html
The details, petitioners included in their responses, 100% supports that E0 MUST be protected and easily available for all...
I wonder how many here have signed our petition (on-line for over a year) or did something to get involved to reclaim availability of E0 in their neighborhoods???
(I understand you may not be aware of who I am or our site or petition, especially since we don't do any paid advertising anywhere, but you get the point I'm trying to make today).
Why have you (consumers), especially airplane/marine/classic car and other specialty engine owners,
tolerated the non-availability of ethanol-free fuel in recent years??????
Over the past 5+ years, as the ethanol producers & organizations have manipulated your legislators (and especially the EPA aka "Ethanol Promotion/Politics Agency" - sarcasm) most have stood by and done absolutely NOTHING...
1. No laws exist that prevent sale of E0...
Don't come-back and give me nonsense about the handful of "mandatory E10 blending states", since even those states have exemptions for aircraft, marine, small gas-powered equipment, etc...
2. Your right to buy E0 has been taken away primarily because of political manipulation and greed,
(desire to increase profits any way they can, by isolated industries, with the foolish/blind support of our government).
- The only exception to this may be the limited areas that fall under the "Clean Air Act" (pollution control) who chose to replace MTBE (when banned) with ethanol for oxygenation requirements, over the past 5+ years.
- - Instead consumers (the voting public of a so-called democratic society) waste their time doing ridiculous (useless) things such as, spreading false information on ethanol as a fuel and E10.
Examples:
- Posting, (again ridiculous), unsafe methods to remove ethanol from gas;
- Promote some so-called miracle gas additive product, with false claims that it will fix all contaminated fuel and ethanol-caused problems (does not exist);
- Endlessly reading and writing posts on specific damage caused by E-10, when probably over 90% of the time the problem/damage was preventable and avoidable;
(Almost always the damage was NOT due to good/fresh E10 gas, but rather E10 that was contaminated, over-blended above 10% or water-contaminated and phase separated... Still don't get it, I'll explain further:
When gas phase separates most of ethanol drops to the bottom of the tank, running this fuel,
now with somewhere between 60-95% alcohol mixed with water will cause damage,
but blaming E10 (10% ethanol) is inaccurate and not the truth...
Wouldn't it be easier to just buy E0 instead?
I would like to add MANY more examples since I'm fed-up with listening to the same ridiculous/misleading stories over and over, but this post would be far too long.
As for generous people like Sam Hokin, the owner of pure-gas.org who have tried to provide assistance for those who require ethanol-free fuel, I'm sure he too, like me, sometimes wonders why he started educating and assisting strangers to protect their engines and pocketbooks regarding ethanol in gas?
Keep in mind that the reality is, it is impossible to publish an accurate list of E0 stations,
(posted by anonymous people) since stations change daily, and all too often mistakes are made (E10 delivered to a E0 tank/pump), etc.
Details on Sam who is "a BMW motorcycle rider, programmer, math and physics teacher, and co-owner of IMS, an Internet application company in Madison, Wisconsin" can be found here: http://www.pure-gas.org/about
The fact that a lay person, (not in the petroleum or ethanol industry), started that site in 2009, and none of you seem to believe or demand that INSTEAD the gas companies and retailers and government should be required to assure availability of E0 and clearly label E0 pumps,
proves my point that after this many years, I must conclude that fairness and common sense in the gas/ethanol industry will never occur and
"our government is only as stupid as the voters allow them to be"...
Basic science supports ethanol (E10) is often an inappropriate gas type:
Ethanol/alcohol absorbs water (oil and water do not mix), is a strong solvent and drying agent, has lower BTU energy than petroleum, and more...
If even 1/10 of the population spoke out against ethanol in gas (and all the scams that have resulted from the now primary gas type sold, E10), I'm certain E0 fuel would return to your local stations (as a choice).
The unnecessary dangers and expense associated with lack of E0 fuel is unacceptable to me,
and I believe it should be for most of you too, whether or not you personally own an engine that the MANUFACTURER recommends or advises for use of alcohol-free gasoline.
Good Luck, and I hope a few more of you restore my confidence in the intelligence of U.S. public/consumers and engine owners...
We are not (yet) a socialist society where the government has the right to tell us what to buy and/or force us to use/buy products that we do not want, especially when they may cause us unnecessary harm or expense.
(I've heard far too many stories from pilots who attributed engine failure when flying to alcohol and excess water absorption in fuel tank).
P.S. If anyone would like to take over responsibility of our "E0 Fuel Choice Petition", please contact me (Gail) at (678) 935-1998 or fuel.testers@yahoo.com
I strongly believe that consumers MUST demand choice to the most appropriate fuel type for their engines, for so many reasons...
And, for aircraft, my personal and professional opinion is that alcohol-free fuel is the MOST appropriate, safest and most cost effective fuel type, (whether or not Rotax in recent years has approved E5 for their newest models)...