According to an article in the Long Beach Business Journal, the air quality at Long Beach Airport (LGB) in Southern California will soon be the subject of a major study. Please share: Continue Reading →
LGB air quality to be studied, autogas cited as partial solution
Posted on February 14th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Cloudy skies ahead for ethanol
Posted on February 13th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
On Dec. 31, 2011, the 45 cent per gallon federal “blender credit” for ethanol finally ended with little fanfare, as described in this article from U.S. News. Since fuel producers are still required to meet the RFS ethanol mandates in... Continue Reading →
Fracking, Bakken, Marcellus and GA
Posted on February 8th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Some of the best energy news in recent years is the discovery of massive oil and gas reserves in the Bakken and Marcellus fields, among others. Thanks to advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), deposits once thought unprofitable... Continue Reading →
Mississippi Senator seeks to require ethanol-free gasoline
Posted on January 31st, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Mississippi State Senator Michael Watson has just introduced Senate Bill 2137, “An act to require retail dealers and distributors of gasoline to offer for sale or use nonethanol-blended unleaded premium grade gasoline.” Continue Reading →
Why can’t I find ethanol-free fuel?
Posted on January 10th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
One of the most frequent questions we receive from pilots is why their local gas station can no longer supply them with ethanol-free autogas, an FAA-approved lead-free aviation fuel since 1982. Readers of this blog know the answers to this... Continue Reading →
UAT-ARC: No drop-in replacement for 100LL
Posted on January 4th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
The FAA’s Unleaded Avgas Transition Aviation Rulemaking Committee (UAT-ARC), a group made up of aviation and oil industry representatives that is searching for an unleaded replacement for 100LL, met again this past December. Thanks to Lee Buechler of the Clean... Continue Reading →
The Valve Seat Recession Conundrum
Posted on January 3rd, 2012 by Kent Misegades
In a recent blog posted on General Aviation News by Ben Visser, he made a point that poses a serious conundrum for the conversion to unleaded avgas: “The big problem here is that almost all of the aircraft piston engines... Continue Reading →
We’ve hit the ethanol blending wall, government reports
Posted on December 27th, 2011 by Kent Misegades
As forecast by your bloggers for the past year, it looked likely that the mandated production of ethanol in the US would exceed consumption sometime this winter. According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, it appears... Continue Reading →
Florida to repeal ethanol mandate?
Posted on December 5th, 2011 by Kent Misegades
Your bloggers have reported this year on Florida’s ethanol mandates, which took effect in January of this year. As a consequence, Florida’s huge boating and sport aviation communities have suffered from a lack of ethanol-free fuel and all the known... Continue Reading →
What’s wrong with user fees?
Posted on December 4th, 2011 by Kent Misegades
The Oct. 7 issue of General Aviation News included several articles warning against the dire consequences of user fees being proposed by our federal government. In a letter to the editor, Kevin Mossey even made the astounding claim that we... Continue Reading →
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