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>You probably replied before I added the bit that suggests in America it's still legal to use unleaded fuel in racing cars, marine and farming equipment (as wel
by throwaway0a5e 4y ago
>You probably replied before I added the bit that suggests in America it's still legal to use unleaded fuel in racing cars, marine and farming equipment (as well as aviation, as you mention).
Somebody call Congress! Think of the children!
Pretty much nobody does this because on the high end race fuels as well as various alcohol fuels are more available and better supported by industry and on the low end ethanol free premium is substantially cheaper. If lots of people did it it wouldn't still be legal. Dumping 100LL into your boat or race car just isn't a good value way to solve a problem anyone has.
> I found several posts from people saying that they buy aviation fuel because they don't like ethanol for their lawn equipment, and presumably people informed enough about the issue to intentionally buy leaded avation fuel would know about other options available).
I hope I'm not the only one appreciating the schadenfreude here. It reminds me of when people unscrew the spout from their crappy compliant cans. Regardless, the overwhelming majority of these people just drag their butt to whatever local station has ethanol free premium rather than go to the airport because it's a faster/easier/cheaper way of accomplishing the same goal.
The current status quo is stupid but the rules are written by a bunch of jerks who either a) DGAF about what happens beyond the next election cycle or b) DGAF so long as they're not responsible and can collect their pension so it's no surprise that the things people do to compensate are non-optimal.