['ol Pinion head]

In Sept, Magellan lowered the octane on the base stock gasoline that they pump though their major pipelines. To get the octane up to 87 (from 84), once the gasoline gets to the local terminal, they dump ethanol in it, blend it... This goes on all over the country. Locally, am fortunate our area is under EPA compliance & retailers can sell 100% pure gasoline. That's all I will put in our late model, even 15 year old drivers. Many, many of my local friends & acquaintances do the same, they have all confirmed how much lower mpg they get on gasohol/ E10.

The worry is eventually this super low octane base stock will be pumped through the pipelines so much of the time that pure gasoline stocks will dwindle. Of course that's what the ethanol shills want. Its all about their GREED. The Fed ethanol mandate not only needs to be trimmed, it needs to stuck down! Think that's going to happen under current administration? No, but the ethanol bunch does need to be kept in check.