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Premium gas in regular-fuel cars not cleaner, expert says
- bunderbunder 14y agoThis shouldn't be counter-intuitive. The whole point of octane is to make the fuel less flammable.
- bradleyland 14y agoYeah, but that's not how oil companies sell their product. The average consumer has no idea that octane is the description of a specific molecule. They're conditioned to believe that more expensive means better, and the oil companies certainly aren't going to cut their bottom line in order to properly educate consumers.
- bunderbunder 14y agoAbsolutely, and I applaud CBC for running an article on it because it is a common misconception that ends up costing a lot of people a whole lot of money. I'm just not sure this should be news to hackers.