[ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips

Thu Sep 19 11:53:35 EDT 2013

Or of course you could just RIDE YOUR BIKE.

-- CHS

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:

> Looks like the myth they busted was at 45mph, not >= 60.
>
> http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/air-conditioning-vs-windows-minimyth.htm
> (they say the speed at ~1:30-1:40)
>
> I have a vague memory that air resistance increases with the square of the
> speed; if so, 45 to 60 would be big.
>
> Now I wonder what the difference is between A/C and having the top down!
> ;-)
>
> Scott
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta User Group (E-mail)" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:51:49 PM
>
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and
> gas saving tips
>
> Mythbusters busted #3 :-)
> On Sep 17, 2013 3:47 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
> atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I thought you'd like to see these gas saving tips I found in a Popular
>> Mechanics article while reading blogs about gauges.  They are interesting
>> and some are counter intuitive.
>>
>> http://www.popularmechanics.**com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-**
>> driving-tactics-to-save-gas-**this-weekend<http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-driving-tactics-to-save-gas-this-weekend>
>> http://www.popularmechanics.**com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-**
>> driving-tactics-to-save-gas-**this-weekend-2<http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/fuel-economy/6-driving-tactics-to-save-gas-this-weekend-2>
>>
>> 1) Coast to a stop whenever possible and safe.  The less you brake, the
>> better your mileage.
>>
>> 2) Don't accelerate too slowly or too quickly.  Doing either keeps the
>> transmission in lower less fuel efficient gears.  Take about 15 seconds to
>> get to 50 mph.
>>
>> 3) Close windows and keep AC on to keep cool at 60 mph and over.
>>  Aerodynamic drag costs you otherwise.
>>
>> 4) Cruise at lower speed, if safe.  Test car - 40 MPH - 29 MPG; 60 MPH -
>> 26 MPG; 80 MPH - 21 MPG.
>>
>> 5) Coast down and up hills if safe and don't try to maintain constant
>> speed.
>>
>> 6) When coasting down hill, leave the car in gear.  Many cars will
>> disable the fuel injectors.  Idling in neutral burns more fuel.
>>
>> Other misc tips: monitor tire pressure, plan and combine errands, spend
>> as much time as possible with engine warm - go to farthest of several small
>> stops first, make right turns only so you spend less time waiting on
>> traffic, avoid ethanol (relevant to this thread).
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> On 9/17/2013 3:29 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>>
>>> Nice sites.  Thanks.  Not much help to me though.  No pure 87 octane
>>> anywhere near me.  Larger cities are most notably missing from the lists.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/16/2013 8:22 PM, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, the second one is exactly what I needed!  I had been looking around
>>>> on the first one, but as you noted, was not familiar enough with the little
>>>> town names.
>>>> The collective knowledge and usefulness of the info on this list once
>>>> again is proven ;)
>>>> Ethanol free is all I use in my mowers, tillers, etc..., and I have
>>>> been trying to use it exclusively in my Jeep.
>>>> I made an observation a few years back regarding this topic.
>>>> Before the current vehicle, I had a 2008 Volvo S60 2.5T.  At the time,
>>>> I was dating someone near Pensacola.  If I filled up the car with ethanol
>>>> free gas, I could drive down, park my car at her place/ride with her for
>>>> the weekend, get in the car, and drive back on one tank of gas.  The light
>>>> would come on just before I came into Tuscaloosa.  If I used ethanol gas,
>>>> that light would come on about 30-40 miles south of town.  I repeated this
>>>> experiment several times with near-identical results.
>>>>
>>>> Allen B.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Allen Beddingfield
>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>> The University of Alabama
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________**__________
>>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of William
>>>> Bagwell [rb211 at tds.net]
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:34 PM
>>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>>> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area?
>>>>
>>>> At least two different web sites track stations that sell real gas.
>>>> http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?**stateprov=GA<http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=GA>
>>>> http://www.buyrealgas.com/**Georgia.html<http://www.buyrealgas.com/Georgia.html>
>>>>
>>>> Have used the first though the second may be more useful to an out of
>>>> town'er
>>>> not familiar with city names. Oh, anyone not aware of the difference.
>>>> lawnmowers, weedeaters and chainsaws love real gas. And you can safely
>>>> leave
>>>> it in the tank at the end of the season unlike ethanol which will fill
>>>> an
>>>> aluminum carburetor full of white sludge.
>>>> --
>>>> William
>>>>
>>>> On Monday 16 September 2013, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to be coming over to Atlanta for a week (Sunday 22nd to
>>>>> Friday
>>>>> 27th), and I was wondering if anyone knows of a gas station in the
>>>>> Atlanta
>>>>> area with ethanol-free gasoline?  From what I can find online, it looks
>>>>> like there is one place in Douglasville and one place in Marietta, but
>>>>> I
>>>>> don't see anything listed any closer.  My vehicle burns the ethanol
>>>>> stuff
>>>>> just fine, but I prefer to use non-ethanol when I can.  I'll be coming
>>>>> in
>>>>> on 20 from the west, and taking 285 up to the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody
>>>>> area.
>>>>>   I don't mind driving a bit out of the way if necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
>> call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
>> mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new email messages very
>> quickly.)
>>
>> Ron Frazier
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