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proudvet1 Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:51 Points:99,145 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jun 9, 2012 5:04:54 PM Ignore proudvet1 Report Abuse The oil companies need to do something about making a huge supply of E85 fuel readily available nationwide. For what I seen there are few that are public and most private. Something gotta give!

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The oil companies need to do something about making a huge supply of E85 fuel readily available nationwide. For what I seen there are few that are public and most private. Something gotta give!

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_Sparty_ Champion Author Chicago Posts:2,026 Points:693,815 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Sep 30, 2012 7:52:05 AM Ignore _Sparty_ Report Abuse The network should be taken out so we don't have to support that wasted effort
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:907 Points:25,895 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 24, 2012 9:37:40 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. E85 is now about the same price as regular gas, sometimes even higher... and E85 gives 20-30% less gas mileage... so you can have all the E85...
OceanArcher Champion Author Mississippi Posts:5,723 Points:1,331,300 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 24, 2012 8:52:52 AM Ignore OceanArcher Report Abuse Somebody paid somebody off to get all these regulations adopted
MertieMan Champion Author Lexington Posts:14,803 Points:2,898,535 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Aug 24, 2012 8:50:43 AM Ignore MertieMan Report Abuse No, something doesn't gotta give. We don't need this crap as there are very few vehicles currently on the road that can actually burn it. I don't even like the E-10 as it cuts down on milage.
_Sparty_ Champion Author Chicago Posts:2,026 Points:693,815 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Aug 24, 2012 8:21:47 AM Ignore _Sparty_ Report Abuse I wish they would disappear
tnsher21 Rookie Author Tennessee Posts:43 Points:30,300 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Aug 23, 2012 10:02:32 PM Ignore tnsher21 Report Abuse You might want to look on the website for the Georgia Department of Transportation They do list E85 gas station on page 2 of this document: Ethanol Retail Locations (E85 & E10 unless noted) In Tennessee: Tennessee Green Island Biofuel Stations lists E85 stations. It appears this document was last updated in 2010 - so if you are traveling it may pay to do some extra research.
OceansidePoms Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:1,681 Points:689,820 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2012 1:25:56 PM Ignore OceansidePoms Report Abuse ANY & ALL of this Ethanol crap should be eliminated, not mandated! & In many parts of the Southeast US & Midwest US there are a lot of Stations that offer Ethanol Free Gas! I would really like to have access to Ethanol Free Fuel that easily up here in the Northeast US (MA)! & You are complaining about not being able to find MORE Ethanol than we already are forced (as a majority) to put in in our cars, against our will?!? Save this post for the "Ethanol" threads, we don't need to hear it in General GAS Talk... Cuz Ethanol is NOT wanted in GENERAL GASOLINE, it's wanted by ethanol fans.. Every time I hear the word "ethanol", all I can picture (for some reason), is turning on the garbage disposal in my kitchen sink & throwing all the vegetable peelings, junk & unwanted portions of the corn etc. down the disposal to get ground up to nothing but a wet mush & then FORCING IT INTO MY CARS GAS TANK... I see my car DYING, not running well! I also see myself really only getting 90% of the product of which I paid for, that being Gasoline, because 10% of the Gas I am paying for, is not Gas, it's this awful unnecessary man made bio waste that I see in this reoccurring garbage disposal vision I have & this 10% absence of what I pay for, is replaced with, well, basically the crap I see in my garbage disposal after corn on the cob goes through a blender with a bunch of alcohol. Now can anybody really tell me that they would want ANYTHING even RELATED to that kind of cocktail, in their Vehicle? (One of your most important & expensive material possessions as well as your means of transportation)
OceanArcher Champion Author Mississippi Posts:5,723 Points:1,331,300 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2012 12:17:13 PM Ignore OceanArcher Report Abuse If there's such a demand/need for E85, why do I keep seeing cars with the flex/fuel and E85 badges pulled up to the standard E10 pumps -- EVEN WHEN THE E-85 PUMP IS THERE ????? Ya think maybe they realize that E-85 ain't such a bargin after all ???
_Sparty_ Champion Author Chicago Posts:2,026 Points:693,815 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2012 12:12:59 PM Ignore _Sparty_ Report Abuse Don't use food for transportation. It's not the long term solution to energy independence.
Lilly02 Champion Author Rockford Posts:1,678 Points:527,765 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2012 5:51:08 AM Ignore Lilly02 Report Abuse I agree with MertieMan.
MertieMan Champion Author Lexington Posts:14,803 Points:2,898,535 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 7:05:29 AM Ignore MertieMan Report Abuse You are wrong and so are they. Most vehicles currently on the road cannot burn E85. I basically have a new car and it cannot burn this E85 junk. We don't need anymore readily available junk like this as it already cuts down on gas milage far too much.
jes Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:16,180 Points:3,355,400 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 6:17:07 AM Ignore jes Report Abuse Where I live there is no E85 fuel available. Doesn't make me mad at all. I have nothing that would run on the stuff. I don't want the E10 either, but nothing else is available.
MIT05 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,182 Points:1,394,250 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 5:29:33 AM Ignore MIT05 Report Abuse Not here.
tractormantim Champion Author Knoxville Posts:1,552 Points:678,430 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 11:32:32 PM Ignore tractormantim Report Abuse E85 in my employer's fleet gets about 25-30% lower MPG than on regular unleaded. Unless E85 is that much lower! in price, then it's a losing proposition.
PatAZ Champion Author Tucson Posts:9,253 Points:122,460 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 9:08:48 PM Ignore PatAZ Report Abuse My car won't run on that garbage.
PithyOpiner Champion Author Stockton Posts:16,220 Points:1,599,495 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 12:29:53 PM Ignore PithyOpiner Report Abuse I don't want to run my car on E85! Are you nuts, or what? You must work for the Obama administration.
KrispyKreme Champion Author Richmond Posts:18,538 Points:2,908,780 Joined:Oct 2003	Message Posted: Jun 11, 2012 9:40:31 AM Ignore KrispyKreme Report Abuse Take a step back and think about this whole thing: Aside from the fact that oil companies have little to do with fuel sales at gas stations, E85 competes directly against oil companies. So oil companies themselves have 0 interest in making E85 available, and would probably rather see it disappear. What you want is for the gas stations to make it more readily available. They don't care what kind of fuel they sell, as long as people buy it.
gvan Champion Author Chicago Posts:21,557 Points:2,839,215 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Jun 11, 2012 9:12:03 AM Ignore gvan Report Abuse "Why many more E-85 stations are needed when relatively few FFV vehicles have been sold." There are a lot of FFV vehicles on the road but many of the people driving the FFV vehicles don't buy E85.
tattoo666TX Champion Author Texas Posts:2,567 Points:344,480 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2012 7:21:12 PM Ignore tattoo666TX Report Abuse There are plenty of stations that sell E-85 in areas that have Ehtanol mandates. But fuel mileage sucks using E-85 and once you get outside of the areas that have mandates the E-85 pumps start to go away. What they really need to do is bring back NON-ETHANOL gas for everyone to use.
E-Squirrel Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,015 Points:820,970 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2012 4:52:36 PM Ignore E-Squirrel Report Abuse I am unsure of: 1. Why you think that the oil companies need to do this. 2. Why many more E-85 stations are needed when relatively few FFV vehicles have been sold. Perhaps you could explain that, instead of leaving us wondering
PatAZ Champion Author Tucson Posts:9,253 Points:122,460 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2012 3:32:42 PM Ignore PatAZ Report Abuse We don't need E 85.
ItisAJeepThing Champion Author Tucson Posts:19,770 Points:2,154,505 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jun 9, 2012 7:32:34 PM Ignore ItisAJeepThing Report Abuse We don't want any stinking E-85 around here. Several stations have quit selling it for lack of demand. NO FOOD OR FEED FOR FUEL! Convert to compressed natural gas (CNG). Clean cheap and all American!
PhilT08 Champion Author Buffalo Posts:2,107 Points:121,715 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jun 9, 2012 7:20:13 PM Ignore PhilT08 Report Abuse oil companies should not be involved in E85 because they will control prices for PROFIT!!!! pit oil against E85 and let the PRICE wars begin. Ethanol fuel gets less MPG but if the price is RIGHT it is worth buying for vehicles equipped to run on it. if only oil had a viable opponent instead of having a MONOPOLY.