Forgive Me for I Have Sinned

In my area they are warning people to fill up before the eclipse because of all the unexpected traffic that they expect. Expect bottled water shortage as well. Seems a little over blown to me.

 

Yes. 2.5 minutes worth of it.

 

Sun Country just announced a special fare from MSP to see the eclipse. You fly at 8:00 AM to Grand Island - Nebraska has an island, and a grand one at that? Then they bus you to the Gem over the Prairie Eclipse Event. Sounds like fun.

 

At the rate you folks use gas (very jealous!), do you add any gas stabilizers like Stabil? Worries about gumming and varnish build-up, or has gas improved with detergents, etc that now are part of the mix?

 

Stabil is probably a good idea, especially with the modern ethanol fuels.

 

I have been there and have not seen an island...grand or otherwise. False advertising.

 

For my lawn mower and other gas powered equipment I use gas from a local farm equipment store called Cenex. It is more expensive, but contains no alcohol, thus it is more stable over a long period. Next time the Prime needs gas I intend to fill it up there. I noticed that they have Cenex stations in California, but not sure the gas blend is the same as here in Washington.

 

You can look for ethanol-free here. Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada

 

The trouble with that link, at least here in Canada: ethanol-free is readily available at a lot of stations, IF you're willing to pony up for the highest octane. It'd be nice to see a list of stations selling regular gas ethanol-free. I suspect that's what we recently got, up the coast in Powell River, there's some discussion on the web saying once you're out of metro Vancouver ethanol-free is much more prevalent, or the norm.

 

It is definitely not up-to-date but it is a start. When I first looked last year, they listed a station that did not have ethanol-free. It has been removed, but they now sell ethanol-free from a single isolated pump for about 50 cents a gallon more than regular.

We use ethanol-free for 2-cycle engines and our old farm tractor. Other items get the less expensive ethanol fuel.

 

I would crawl a mile over broken glass with a gas can in my teeth, for ethanol-free regular. Just saying.

 

Uncle Mendel, let me know when you get desperate!! Heck, we could probably just distill it up our ownselves from ethanol gas!!
I could set up a still in the garage....!!Har, har

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There is a method: you add a measured amount water (preferably with dye) to the gas, and mix well. The idea is: ethanol in the gas is more prone to mix with the water than the gas. So after mixing, let it sit for maybe 12 hours, and you end up with (dyed) water layer at the bottom, and it should be a larger volume than at the outset, due to intermixed ethanol. Remove the water/ethanol mixture (by draining out the bottom, siphoning or whatever) and what's left should be pure gas. Problems:

1. Dangerous as heck, and a big hassle.
2. Doing this lowers the octane, so you need start with gas say one octane level higher.
3. You're left with a volatile/toxic water/ethanol mix, with traces of gasoline I'm sure.

 

Hey that sounds pretty easy too, and you only have to process 10 gallons or so at a time. And I supose you could keep the colored water/alcohol mix and use it for a "Punch Surprise"; it'd have a nice kick to it, like good moonshine, and it would definitely be low gluten. I bet it would probably even pass the newly refurbished FDA's revised (high quality) standards for wholesomeness!! Har, Har!!

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LOL! It's too big to see. You cross it every time you go past Grand Island on I-80.

 

I wondered who was slowing down Wikipedia . . . .