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> some brands overtly cut gasoline with ethanol I think this is actually mandated most everywhere in the USA. Not that I like it. Just saying, that I wish I co
by jtbayly 7y ago
> some brands overtly cut gasoline with ethanol
I think this is actually mandated most everywhere in the USA. Not that I like it. Just saying, that I wish I could choose a station that didn't do that.
- hammock 7y agoMy understanding is the rule is one price change per day. A regulation from the 70's (guess?) to stave off price gouging. Same principle applies.
- jtbayly 7y agoSame principle? What do price change rules have to do with mandating including ethanol? I don’t get it. Edited to add: Perhaps the ethanol requirement was to decrease the use of actual gas in order to keep prices at the pump from rising as quickly as oil prices were? I don’t know the history. I just know that ethanol is terrible for small engines and terrible for mileage.
- hammock 7y agoWhoops replied to the wrong comment. Was meant to be in reply to "how frequently stations can change prices"
- perl4ever 7y agoIn NY, 99% of gas stations sell gas with ethanol in the standard amount, but there are a few which (claim to) sell non-ethanol gas, so it must not be a legal requirement. However, I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure. I did monitor my gas mileage, and some tanks were way higher than others, so I wonder if the "non-ethanol" gas sometimes has ethanol and sometimes doesn't.