Ethanol-free gas availability

[PlicketyCat]

I'm circumventing the whole gas can mess and getting the metal ones from "Fire & Safety" -- apparently, emergency crews don't have to follow some regulations.  Although, with a bt of tinkering and the bolt cutters, I've fixed the improved cans so that they are child-unsafe, do not "helpfully" cause vapor lock, and are in the "pour" position unless I intentionally pound them into the "store" position. Now I just have to figure out how to attach one of the old flexi-spouts to it and we'll be all good.

I just love how they help make something "dangerous" more "safe" for us by making it completely unusable

[tstex]

I just read your signature line and the thought expressed there seems completely opposite from the thoughts you express in your posts. And I'm sorry, but my eyes glaze over when some people start talking about crazy stuff like us running out of toilet paper. Wood is a renewable resource and toilet paper is not made from old growth wood.

Rocky J,

I emphatize with your position and appreciate what impact ethanol has had on your gear.  This is what peaked my interest on the orig post.  A friend of mine recently bought some land and chain saws and made the comment of how the corn-additive to his gas was reeking havoc on his c-saws.  I have 4 c-saws [.023 & up] and over the last 13+ yrs have recently noticed the issues of blended fuels.

My point of the TP was an analogy, meaning run with what we have that works well, but don't wait until we are out of our primary resources thus forcing us to make both a radical and costly transition.  however, it is all about economics.  no one sought real alternative fuels sources until the $150/barrel climb.  Now those folks were killed at $37 a barrel tumble and the current vacillating $70/barrel. 

In a perfect world, it would be great to be able to buy either 100% true gas for a conventional combustion-based engine or 100% ethanol for an engine solely designed for that fuel, and then let the two technologies and their respective supplies duke-it-out.   If an ethanol based engine was built that was truly optimized to run 100% ethanol and it worked great, it would pith those users off too if we then added 10-15% 87 octane to make a blend...

Hope this makese sense.  Either way, I appreciate having a forum where I can get some good info and indulge in some good conversation...you guys would be welcome at my dinner table anytime.

Season's Greetings
tstex

[LeeB]

What time and what we eating? 

[old_hb]

Without getting into a pissing contest, the evidence that gasohol is bad for plastic and most rubber gaskets is overwhelming. It shouldn't be a point of dissension. Everyone I've talked to who uses chainsaws, weedeaters and other machines with 2 cycle engines has pointed out that the old advice of emptying your machines for winter or whatever season involves non-use, is no longer valid. I look for gas without gasohol but it is getting harder and harder to find. Using such gas, I've had considerably fewer problems with my many machines than those who use gas w/gasohol.
HB

[whiskers]

that Daniels fellow figured a great way to add color, flavor and a working container, I'd be pleased to leave it with that.