10% Ethanol vs 15% Ethanol - will it damage gas engine?

[Anonymous]

So as you probably read, Biden is allowing E15% gas between June 1 - Sept 15 to lower the gas price. I assume this means all gas stations will change to E15 gas during that time frame. I wonder how E15 gas will affect gas engines - not just cars but other gas tools (mowers and whatnot). Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

E15 is usually only banned for part of the year due to smog concerns during summer months. You probably already use it during the winter without ever knowing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:E15 is usually only banned for part of the year due to smog concerns during summer months. You probably already use it during the winter without ever knowing.

This is not true. E15 cannot be sold except with a big warning label explaining it is E15 and not E10 because it’s not great for some uses, like motorcycles. E15 is not sold at 99% of gas stations and you probably will not see it anywhere around here.

[Anonymous]

If it damages engines then people will be forced to buy newer, less polluting cars, or not buy another car at all. Win-Win.

[Anonymous]

It's fine. Your engine has knock sensors and can adjust if it's an issue.

[Anonymous]

It won’t damage the engine of any car built in at least the last 20 years. Probably not a good idea to use it in your lawnmower but also not something you can do by accident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it damages engines then people will be forced to buy newer, less polluting cars, or not buy another car at all. Win-Win.

People like you are why lots of ordinary people like me cannot be made to fully embrace the green movement. Because of malevolent a-holes like you. It’s filled with people like you, who very obviously take joy in saying stuff like you just posted.

You are doing a disservice to the movement of being environmentally conscious. You really should just STFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it damages engines then people will be forced to buy newer, less polluting cars, or not buy another car at all. Win-Win.

People like you are why lots of ordinary people like me cannot be made to fully embrace the green movement. Because of malevolent a-holes like you. It’s filled with people like you, who very obviously take joy in saying stuff like you just posted.

You are doing a disservice to the movement of being environmentally conscious. You really should just STFU.

If the reason you won't embrace environmental policies is because anonymous jerks on the Internet are mean, it's not entirely clear how likely you were to embrace those policies in the first place. Anonymous jerks have ALWAYS been mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it damages engines then people will be forced to buy newer, less polluting cars, or not buy another car at all. Win-Win.

People like you are why lots of ordinary people like me cannot be made to fully embrace the green movement. Because of malevolent a-holes like you. It’s filled with people like you, who very obviously take joy in saying stuff like you just posted.

You are doing a disservice to the movement of being environmentally conscious. You really should just STFU.

If the reason you won't embrace environmental policies is because anonymous jerks on the Internet are mean, it's not entirely clear how likely you were to embrace those policies in the first place. Anonymous jerks have ALWAYS been mean.

I think it’s more of an association thing, actually. Exactly the same principle that makes people oppose political figures they might otherwise find unobjectionable simply because they find some of their supporters rude/offensive/uncouth.