alt Hacker NewsWe already have trad-gas.
It's called ethanol-free and people gladly pay a premium for it.
It's far better for your engine, it's what the car manufacturers use to determine the gas mileage, and Californians can only dream of having it.
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As someone who remembers the smog that we used to have here in Southern California, I don't mind leaving the trad-gas in my dreams if I can keep the massively improved air quality in my reality.
That’s different. My newish snowblower has to meet California standards to avoid smog in Los Angeles. It’s super sensitive to any gas issues and basically needs a carb cleaning annually.
My previous machine ran for about twenty years with normal ethanol mix.
Putting it in almost any car made this century is just wasting money.
Ethanol free fuel in an engine designed for ethanol blend can result in incomplete combustion, leaving deposits in fuel injectors and valves. The car companies don’t care about this for the purposes of determining gas mileage.
Californians I think still remember the smog of the 90s in LA that kicked us to make our air pollution standards the highest in the nation. Going away from that I think sounds more like a nightmare than a dream for most Californians.