[AT] Gas problem

[Mike]

I've recently started adding Stabil ethanol treatment to my gas for all 
my small engines. Says it's supposed to take care of it, time will tell. 
Mike M

On 5/6/2013 10:56 AM, Ron Cook wrote:
> Charlie,
>       You are about 85% correct.  The trouble is really government in
> agriculture.
>       I am not going to say where I think the current Sec of AG should
> be!!  I am just glad he is not my Governor.I
>       By the way, I have been using ethanol fuel since it came available
> at my local station.  1977 or 78.  Zero problems with the exception of
> the little fuel pump diaphragms in B&S carburetors.  I do not let it sit
> in a piece of unused equipment, though.  I use av-gas for that.  Of
> course, my flying background is the reason for that.:-) Oxygenated fuels
> were mandated by the govmt.  Started on the west coast and the original
> additive was a carcinogenic, I believe.
>       Subsidies are the culprit.  Market should control price and
> availability for the most part.
>
>       Now back to the regular programming.
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> On 5/6/2013 9:00 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> It's not often that you'll hear me speak ill of farmers but the
>> ethanol fuel problem is driven by big AG and mid west corn farmers.
>> Those boys love feeding at Uncle Sam's trough and don't think they
>> can make a living growing corn for food or feed.  Take note that every
>> recent Secretary of Agriculture (from either party) is from the mid west.
>>
>> I'm able to get ethanol free about 1 mile from my home for about $3.89 a
>> gallon.
>> That store also has fuel on the water for boat traffic and he has ethanol
>> free there.
>> He is a Shell retailer but can't buy non ethanol from them.  He has to buy
>> it from a
>> local independent jobber and put it in separate tanks at his boat dock.
>>
>> There are a couple of other gas stations in the area that have it on the
>> automobile islands.
>> I think they all use BP products.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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