jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "Dustin Williams" <dustinewilliams@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>One funny thing I noticed on the list is that Wyoming is listed as
>>having the fourth lowest price for regular gas. The thing they don't
>>mention is what is considered regular there. I remember from driving
>>through there that regular was 85 octane, not the usual 87, their
>>mid-grade was 88 and a good 10 cents more.
>
>
>
> Weird. Well, I do know that at higher elevations, you don't
> technically "need" the additional octane, that is, 85 will perform the
> same at a higher elevation that 87 will at a lower elevation, but
> still, given that the various gas "levels" are priced based on octane,
> I'd say your observation is still valid from a financial standpoint.
> If you're paying the same for 85 as you are for 87, you're not getting
> as good a value out of the 85, even if your vehicle doesn't
> technically need the additional octane.
>
> Possibly, the reduced demand for an 85 octane increases the
> manufacturing/refining cost? (I'm not sure how gasoline is brought to
> a certain octane level, wether they do it in the refining process or
> just use additives after the fact.)
>
I always thought the lower the octane, the closer to pure gas you were
and thusly getting more energy [potential]. Higher octane having MORE
additives...
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