California may switch to winter blend gas early

[jeebus]

Originally Posted by finch1750

This was approved by Governor Brown earlier today.

http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17775

blargh. Sometimes I hate California.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Coheed

To my knowledge you can't get more than a 10% ethanol at the pump without going to "E85".

I live in Utah. We use E10 year round at most pumps.

I think there are winter E70 blends for easier cold starting.

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Guess if gas prices go down to normal before the winter blend kicks in, I should hurry and fill the tank to get as much summer gas in the tank as possible...

There's been word that they will indeed start dropping soon (although probably not back to "normal"). Seems the power outage at the socal refinery was the last straw in a pile-up of events that worked together to ultimately cause the spike, and they are back to full capacity.

Originally Posted by jeebus

blargh. Sometimes I hate California.

Blame the climate for that. Sunshine+heat+exhaust = smog. Back before regulations the air was horribly smoggy. Maybe not quite Beijing levels, but visibly brown and smelled bad and was miserable to breathe.

[jeebus]

Originally Posted by einzlr

Blame the climate for that. Sunshine+heat+exhaust = smog. Back before regulations the air was horribly smoggy. Maybe not quite Beijing levels, but visibly brown and smelled bad and was miserable to breathe.

yep. I remember.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by einzlr

Blame the climate for that. Sunshine+heat+exhaust = smog. Back before regulations the air was horribly smoggy. Maybe not quite Beijing levels, but visibly brown and smelled bad and was miserable to breathe.

Move to Norcal, it's better in the Bay :P

By the way, Beijing (and the rest of northern ish China) has brown skies primarily because dust blowing from the Gobi desert :O

[Coheed]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

I think there are winter E70 blends for easier cold starting.

E70 is still considered an "E85" blend. But ya, I get what you're saying. But regular fuels cannot be sold to exceed 10% ethanol content. Not even in Cali.