Washington State bill may accelerate end of Mogas

Posted on January 27th, 2010 by

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. Please share: Continue Reading →

RIP: Will 94 UL be DOA?

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by

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

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 →

E15 still not ready for prime-time, EPA says

Posted on December 9th, 2009 by

In an article appearing recently in the Raleigh News & Observer, the EPA has stated that more testing is needed before E15 can be used in automobiles. This article also comments on the fuel’s use in other vehicles, however does... Continue Reading →

Climategate scandal widens

Posted on December 8th, 2009 by

21st Century science should be good science, but it isn’t.  Climategate scientists prove that money talks. This opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal documents how man-made global-warming theorists have been manipulating data in their efforts to maintain funding of... Continue Reading →

Marathon recreational fuel suited for aircraft

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by

Marathon Oil Co. is marketing a 90 octane unleaded non-ethanol gasoline as a recreational fuel for boats.  We believe this fuel to be perfectly suited for use with 87 octane auto fuel STCs.  In some locations it is one octane... Continue Reading →

Alcohol in fuels

Posted on December 6th, 2009 by

The EAA recently published an article in its online “Light Plane World” reviewing the various aspects of operating small aircraft engines when ethanol might be present in Mogas. Building on past work by your bloggers and others, the article does... Continue Reading →

SC airport reports continued supply of Mogas

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by

Thanks to Cal Hoffman of the Barnwell Regional Airport (BNL) in Barnwell, S.C., for informing us that the airport has a supply of 93 octane (AKI), ethanol-free, lead-free Mogas on the field. He does not expect any disruptions to the... Continue Reading →

EPA working with ethanol lobby to force E15 fuels

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by

Your bloggers just came across this letter (download here) from the EPA dated Nov. 30, written to the heads of the ethanol lobby (Gen. Wesley Clark and Jeff Broin of Growth Energy), essentially promising to force E15 on us all... Continue Reading →

Support for ethanol in fuels eroding

Posted on December 1st, 2009 by

Two recent articles in the New York Times chronicle eroding public support for ethanol production mandates and its use in vehicle fuels: “A Growing Disaster”, by Russell Harding, 11/28/2009 “US Unlikely to use the Ethanol Congress Ordered”, Matthew Wald, 11/26/2009... Continue Reading →