[AG]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Yes, CO2 is probably better than gas vapor.

I do have a big burn pile building so that might make the most sense if I can figure out how to burn it safely.

Gasoline vapor is not a greenhouse gas, but CO2 is.

[Sirrotica]

If the gas is really stale, say 2-3 years old, it's not any more volatile than kerosene is. My emergency genset has sat for roughly 2 years with the same fuel in it. I tried starting it late last winter as there was an ice storm forecast the next day, and no start. I had some real gasoline in a can and poured a little into the carb throat, and it started. It would run once you started it on fresh gas, but it was never going to start with the stale gas.

Just out of curiosity I drained a little of the stale gas and tried to light it with a propane torch in the driveway. I had a hell off a time even getting it to light with the torch, just about like K1, or diesel lights. So yes diluting it in another car is probably going to be the easiest way to get rid of it.

[Schurkey]

Originally Posted by AG

Gasoline vapor is not a greenhouse gas, but CO2 is.

I care enormously more about photochemical smog than I do about "greenhouse gas" as related to CO2. Hydrocarbons are a primary ingredient in photochemical smog.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics...ochemical-smog

2.3.1 Photochemical Smog

Photochemical smog is a brownish-gray haze caused by the action of solar ultraviolet radiation on atmosphere polluted with hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

Water vapor is a MUCH more-potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Tell the politicians to ban sea breezes.

Methane is a MUCH more-potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Tell the frackers to capture it rather than flare--or vent--the stuff. In fact, how much methane was released when "someone" blew holes in the Russian/German natural gas pipeline a week or so ago?

I don't give a shiit about CO2.

[AG]

Wow. I responded to Shiney's post not yours. You obviously don't know what a greenhouse gas is but I won't waste my time explaining.

[Schurkey]

Originally Posted by AG

You obviously don't know what a greenhouse gas is but I won't waste my time explaining.

PLEASE DO. I'd love to know how I'm wrong about water vapor and methane being more-effective greenhouse gasses than CO2.

[Shiny]

Thank you all. I understand the different enviro impacts for evaporation and combustion.

The combustion impact is probably not much different if I burn it in a vehicle or on a brush pile, although there's no catalytic converter on my brush pile!

Others have pointed out evap is illegal and burning in a vehicle is not. This is a good point, regardless of which impact is "worse".

I didn't want to start a battle on the politics nor the science of global warming impact. I just wanted to know if the lack of a hazardous waste disposal process for gasoline was unique to my county. Seems not.

[Cliff R]

I do the plastic gallon milk jug into the burn barrel, then run as FAST as I can.

Years ago I made the mistake of mixing it with used lube oil and dumped it in the burn barrel and didn't run for my life. I was nicely remarded with about a 3 second delay...then KA-BOOM! Singed a good bit of hair off my arms and even got some of my eyebrows.........a STOOPID move I plan NEVER to repeat........

[Lee]

My dad poured some old gasoline on a bush he wanted to kill. It was next to a chain-link fence. The best he can figure is the bush rubbing on the fence created some sort of static charge, as the gasoline ignited as he was pouring it! That scared the p!$$ out of him.

[Skip Fix]

Cliff since the plastic jug melts slowly it does not seem to flair that high-actually surprised me how little it was, even filling a plastic 2 gal cat Litter jug. But I keep themsmall so I can toss them from a distance!

[Tom Vaught]

I am fortunate in that with-in a mile of my current home, I have a Lawn Mower Shop that will take stale gas and dispose of it safely.
I have been taking stale gas there for many years.

Look into that option, it is a lot safer.
A friend was burned over 90% of his body, DIED, due to messing with stale gasoline.

I have posted about that sad deal in the past.

Tom V.

[CDub76]

I live in the Boston, MA area. My community has household hazardous waste disposal twice per year. They take all sorts of nasties including fluorescent bulbs and antifreeze.

[Skip Fix]

My county has a haz mat disposal way across from me and on gas maybe takes 5gal at a time.

[redbird68]

If it is halfway decent i will dump waste gas into a daily driver
If it is beyond use i use it for weedkiller
When i was a kid we had a spray bar hooked to a truck we used to spray our gravel roads with diesel, worked great to stop dust/weeds whatever

[Schurkey]

Originally Posted by redbird68

If it is halfway decent i will dump waste gas into a daily driver
If it is beyond use i use it for weedkiller
When i was a kid we had a spray bar hooked to a truck we used to spray our gravel roads with diesel, worked great to stop dust/weeds whatever

My hometown used to spray the dirt alleys to keep the dust under control.

I suspect that was how they got rid of all the waste oil from the various city fleet vehicles, mixed with enough diesel to do the entire city.

They haven't done that for decades.