[ale] OT: gas going up this weekend

[Tom Freeman]

On 04/28/2011 08:55 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Tom Freeman<tfreeman at intel.digichem.net>  writes:
>
>    
>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, Tim Watts wrote:
>>
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>>> On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 23:50 -0400, Michael Potter wrote:
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>>>>>> On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 09:53:21 am Tim Watts wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> 3-5 cents/gallon I can deal with. And at least I know it's coming. It's
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>>>>>>> the random/inexplicable 25-45 cent/gallon hikes that grab me by the
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>>>>>>              
>>>>>>> shorts.
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>>>>
>>>> $0.04/gal * 15 gal = $0.60.
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>>> $1.75 = cup of coffee
>>>
>>> Isn't this tax hike the annual increase the occurs each year when
>>> stations switch to the lower lead mixes that are less polluting during
>>> the hotter months of the year? And then the tax goes down again when
>>> they switch back in the fall, if I'm not mistaken. So $0.60 = chipping
>>> in for cleaner air each time I fill. Not bad.
>>>        
>> Last I checked, there hasn't been a leaded fuel available for something
>> like twenty years. The summer fuel is formulated with more oxygen
>> containing compounds like ethers and alcohols. These result in lower
>> emissions which lead to the formation of photochemical smog.
>>      
> FWIW, Aviation Fuel (100LL AvGas) does still have T-E-L in it.
>
> -derek
>    
Thanks for that bit. I don't indulge in private aviation, so I'm not 
surprised at my ignorance. Still, how much avgas is used vs. automobile 
fuel?