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Fuel consumption
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I am thinking the greater the percentage of Ethanol the less MPG
CaptainK
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It was in an article I read in a classic car magazine. They were concerned (rightly) about the new push to up the ethanol level in unleaded, so that the Government could do something about the pollution levels or whatnot. Apparently other countries have much higher levels of Ethanol already than us.
Anyway, the article went on to say that the classic industry in the UK is big, and they can't run on more than 5% ethanol and so government and the classic industry were in discussions over a "protection grade" fuel. The easiest answer to that problem they discussed was for them to keep Super Unleaded at 5%. Minor issue of people with "old-ish cars" that aren't classic yet and are still daily drives (e.g. late nighties / early noughties) then claiming it'd make their car journeys more expensive as they'd have to stump up for Super Unleaded. Still, the government's plan was to up the ethanol in Unleaded. I don't think petrol companies have to up it in Super Unleaded, so it makes sense for it to remain as the protection grade instead of having a THIRD "protection grade normal unleaded" fuel.
Still, I don't think the discussion is over yet (COVID probably got in the way). So who knows what the eventual outcome will be - but either way, they'll be a low ethanol product for use in specialist vehicles etc.
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