Submitted by Dean Billing VAN’s RV-12 aircraft are being completed at an accelerating rate and it is now beginning to dawn on the owners that there are very few airports that have mogas, and of the ones listed in AirNav... Continue Reading →
How you can prepare for the end of 100LL
Posted on May 17th, 2010 by Kent Misegades
I am constantly asked what we can do to prepare for the coming fuel debacle if no timely replacement for 100LL is found. Work on our aviation alphabets to support two pumps on every airport selling fuel. Some 20 years... Continue Reading →
GAFuels bloggers hold seminars at Sun ‘n Fun
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by Kent Misegades
GAFuels blogger Dean Billing sends the following report on his three talks held last week at Sun ‘n Fun 2010: There was a lot of media coverage of Sun ‘n Fun, but you will notice that none of it was... Continue Reading →
EPA orders studies on lead pollution around airports
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Kent Misegades
As reported in the March 15, 2010 issue of AVWeb: The Environmental Protection Agency continues to go through administrative motions suggesting it’s serious about removing lead from avgas. Earlier this month, the agency sent a draft endangerment finding to the... Continue Reading →
EPA reduces cellulosic ethanol quotas, but not overall quotas
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Kent Misegades
The EPA has finally announced the 2010 RFS standard, albeit several months late. While there is no change in the ethanol mandate increase — the gasoline industry must blend more than 12 billion gallons of ethanol in 2010, up from... Continue Reading →
Hanshew and Visser columns on fuels breath of fresh air
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Kent Misegades
The articles recently posted from Steve Bill Hanshew (Passing gas) and Ben Visser (The demise of 100LL is no surprise) were a breath of fresh air, devoid of the usual P.C. claptrap surrounding most environmental debate these days. We, the... Continue Reading →
New concerns about ethanol production
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Kent Misegades
These two articles document new concerns about ethanol production and its impact on our environment. Corn Ethanol Climate Positive … in 100 Years A Possible Negative Impact of Ethanol Production on Water Quality The GAfuels Blog is written by three... Continue Reading →
Washington State bill may accelerate end of Mogas
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Kent Misegades
By DEAN BILLING Washington State pilots should be aware of a bill in the Washington legislature that will have a detrimental effect on the availability of the rapidly disappearing ethanol-free unleaded auto fuel. Continue Reading →
RIP: Will 94 UL be DOA?
Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Kent Misegades
Here is a thought experiment about the future of avgas. The conclusion is fairly obvious if you do the numbers: The US consumed somewhere around 135 billion gallons of auto fuel in 2009. The last annual figures I have are... Continue Reading →
EPA predicts E15 approval in 2010 despite widespread opposition
Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Kent Misegades
As reported by the New York Times, despite widespread opposition and scant results from ongoing testing of vehicles burning E15, the EPA is already predicting it will approve lifting the current limit of ethanol in vehicle fuels from 10% to... Continue Reading →
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