The pure-gas.org lists only 3 sources in
all of California. I’ve checked the
local marinas around San Diego,
and the response I get is “all fuel in CA contains 10 %
ethanol”.
I’ve tested the fuel I’ve
been buying at the local Chevron stations, and it has 10%
ethanol. I’ve
been using that fuel almost exclusively for 5 years in my
Velocity (EZpoxy tanks), and
am
not aware of any problems sp far. It does cause me some
anxiety, however;
so I’m considering more extensive use of 100LL.
Seems ironic – one good reason for
using mogas is eliminating the lead pollution; which the
regulators are trying
to achieve; and then they regulate the requirement for
ethanol in the fuel
which makes that a bad choice as well. Typical
bureaucratic lose-lose situation.
Al
-----Original Message-----
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Bradburry
Sent:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:17
PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: FW: 100LL
in California
You can find
non-ethanol
gas at boat docks that you can get to with your car if you
are willing to pay
more for it. I get about 3 MPG improvement without
ethanol so 12-13 %
more would be breakeven.
Bill B
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Michael
McMahon
Sent:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:25
PM
To:
Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: FW: 100LL
in California
Wouldn’t
it be cool if you had a choice of ethanol-enhanced and
non-ethanol at gas
stations? They could charge more for non-ethanol if you
like, but reserve
at least one pump per station for non-ethanol gas. Would
that be
difficult? Perhaps it could even be done on a station by
station basis,
just through personal contact, at least starting with the
independent station
owners.
mike
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Steitle
Sent:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
12:35 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: FW: 100LL
in California
You could be right on that. It surely won't hurt
to put a little pressure on the FAA to find/approve an
alternative aviation
fuel. Personally, I would be happy if they would make
premium auto fuel
ethanol free.
On another note, with the time it takes for
things to
work their way through the court system, it will be
years before this gets
resolved. The oil companies can afford to hire the
best attorneys.
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Bill Bradburry
<bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
This may not be all
bad. It could cause Swift fuel and that stuff GAMI
is making to be
approved. Swift fuel costs about $2/gal and will
not go up and down in
price like Avgas. You could pay more for it since
it is about 8% more
fuel efficient.
Bill B
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Mark
Steitle
Sent:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:30
PM
To:
Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] FW: 100LL in California
In case any of you missed
this... who's next?
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California Suit
Targets 100LL
 A California
environmental group has served
notice it will sue more than 40
suppliers of avgas in the state to
force them to stop selling it. TheCenter
for Environmental Healthhas
given a legally-required 60 days of
notice to all the major oil
companies that sell 100LL and the
FBOs that pump it at 25 airports to
stop. "The oil and aviation
industries need to know Californians
will not tolerate lead pollution
that threatens our health and
healthy environments," Michael
Green, executive director of CEH,
said in a statement. "We expect the
industries to take immediate action
to eliminate pollution that
endangers children and families who
live, work and play near airports
across the state." CEH cites a
2008 EPA reports
that show avgas is polluting the air
and in some cases groundwater around
airports with piston traffic.
CEH notes that Van Nuys
Airport, one of the busiest GA
airports in the U.S., shows the
highest level of lead pollution of
more than 3,000 airports covered in
the report. As we've reported and
commented on extensively, the EPA is
now considering its options in
dealing with 100LL in response to a
petition from Friends of the Earth.
The CEH route is a little more
direct. It alleges violations of the
California Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic Enforcement Act. Protesters
recently staged a small rally
outside Santa Monica Airport
complaining about lead pollution.
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