You are mistaken. Pure Oil stations sell E10 gas and ethanol mix just like every other gas seller in the US.
E0 is sold in all 50 states. There are 90 E0 stations in Maryland, mostly marinas, airports, and racing fuels. There are even 19 E0 stations in Cali and 884 in NY. E0 isn’t typically sold in high population areas. Most of the Maryland stations that sell E0 and are unrestricted use fuels are in Western Maryland or on the Eastern Shore where the population is considerably lower. I don’t know what octane enhancers they use but it isn’t MTBE or ethanol.
Bless your heart.
BTW, I live in Dixie too, in Central Maryland. I’m pleased that ethanol is used as an octane enhancer. It’s inexpensive compared to the other alternatives and has significantly less unpleasant environmental impacts than other substitutes do. Ethanol is a great replacement for MTBE
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While it is sold here in NH you can’t just roll up to a pump and put it in your tank. Most are at marinas. I only know of one at a drive up gas-station, but the car MUST be towed. It’s right down the road from the Lee Raceway. The gas is mainly sold to racers before a race.
My local Mobil Exxon station has three grades on all of the pumps. The premium grade is non oxy and labeled for classics, boats, small engines, etc. there are no police checking what you choose but the premium is a lot more expensive and I only use it for small engines. The station was bought out by the local coop a few years ago but decided to continue the Mobil branding instead of the coop signs at their own station. The only thing I worry about is getting a greater than 10% ethanol mix and in some states you have to be careful. It’s harvest time and there are huge loads of corn being delivered to ethanol plants in the Midwest. Prices are up, lots of money in it. I don’t blame anyone for choosing to make money. But spare me the virtue signaling on saving the planet. The feds should have stayed out of the mtbe disaster and should stay out of gas mixing. There are always unintended consequences.
Ethanol became popular when we were trying to become energy independent which we did but then we didn’t when the wells were shut down. Back to the future of the 70s gas lines maybe. I hear you can burn cocoanuts to run a car on.
The reason is likely that it has not been taxed for road use so it should not be used for road-going cars. Racecars, boats and lawn equipment is OK.
Plenty of stations in southwest Florida that sell 87 octane E0. I’d guess it is taxed since there are no markings on the pumps it shares with every other gas and diesel offering prohibiting road use. It is also not dyed red which is indicative of untaxed fuel. Mostly I use it as storage fuel in my generator. A little StaBil and it is good for a year. That is the only reason I use it.
This site shows nearly 17,000 stations nationwide that sell E0. Florida shows 1100 stations, NH 60 - nearly all octane in the 90s and Cali 19 - all of which only sell race gas or AvGas, not 87 octane road fuel.
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If you want a car, go get a job.
If you have a question, make a NEW post, not tag onto a completely unrelated subject.
Otherwise, welcome to the forum. You’ll find questions about modding cars here is usually greeted with “Leave it stock.” This is not a modding forum.
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Just about every gas station in Minnesota sells oxy-free gas. And you can pull up and fill any vehicle you want with the stuff.
If you’re willing to pay the price.
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Please! This is not the place for factual information. 
Instead, some people see this as a place to advance their political points by posting intentionally inaccurate “info”.
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Well since we are pumping so much now and not buying it from our enemies, maybe this would be a good time to fill the strategic reserve back up? Or is that too political or factual?
I will defer to the folks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who say that it isn’t as important as it was in the past:
Interesting that they mention there were several emergency draw downs but then we don’t need to do that anymore. What was the emergency? They don’t say but we all knew it was raging price increases. Folks with photographic memories should remember conditions a couple years ago and for sure the 70s. Those that fail to remember the past as they say.
No.
Ethanol became “popular” because it was an economical choice to replace poisonous MTBE that doesn’t decay for an extremely long time, if ever, in ground water. Gasoline entered ground water when it leaks from storage tanks in the ground at gas stations. This made well water undrinkable wherever the leaks occurred.
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Almost all 87 octane regular gas has been up to 10% ethanol for many years . Some stations carry 90 plus octane ethanol free but it is at least 50 cents a gallon more expensive. I usually opt for that in my mowers and other small engines as they are more susceptible to the ill effects of ethanol . Stick to name brands and you will be fine including BP . Exon ,Shell , Valeo , Sunoco , Speedway are all good gas stations . Ethanol free is more prevalent around water resort areas because most boaters know not to put ethanol in their tanks as it causes problems specially in cold weather areas .
There can be multiple reasons at the same time. I don’t know that we ever used the mtbe stuff around here. We were more interested in industrial solvent leaching into the ground water. At any rate here, at least for the last 30 years, gas tanks have been required to be replaced on schedule. No old tanks were allowed to remain in the ground. Locations where there were old tanks that had been removed required soil borings, analysis, and excavating before the property could be sold.
I like the non oxygenated gas for my boat. There are 4 speedways near pequot lakes, MN. 3 of the speedways sell non oxygenated premium, one sells premium with up to 10% ethenol. Go into Brainerd and premium contains up to 10% ethenol at speedway. Go figure. In Pequot Lakes do you think they have a seperate tanker truck for the one station that sells 10% ethenol to that one station?
Are you sure that you want to be posting verifiably accurate information?
Surely, that should be unacceptable, in the face of politically-charged broadsides that lack any factual basis.
Of course that is correct, but some people are wedded to the past… if it supports their political polemics.
It’s taxed here in WA, you can get a refund for marine use if you buy 40gal or more.in a year. Marina pumps have the notice with how to apply.
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