UPDATE: Michael Silence has a great list here.
Short and to the point. You know the drill.
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The only place I was aware of was the Exxon station in Fountain City. But they switched over a few months back.
Most Texaco’s have ethanol free gas.
I heard that the Conoco on Kingston Pike close to Gallagher View sells it, but I haven’t gotten over there yet to check it out.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/silence/archives/2009/08/from_readers_so.shtml
The Exxon on campus no longer offers it.
I went and checked out the station I mentioned earlier. I think it was a Conoco/Philips but of course I didn’t think to look. I guess I was just too excited that the sign out front read “100% Gasoline.” 8831 Kingston Pike right across from Rice GMC.
@Michael Silence: We’ve updated our post to link over your way. Thanks for sharing.
The Krogers on Northshore was ethanol free up until a few weeks ago. Last time I was there they had switched over.
So a better question: Why would a gas station want to sell 100% gas versus a blend with ethanol? Are they being pressured to carry the latter?
@Patrick – I believe consumers are asking for it because of stories like this, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25936782/, and also because of studies surfacing confirming that ethanol fuel harms small engine equipment. Also, making ethanol takes a lot of energy and resources, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050329132436.htm
Car’s run more efficiently on 100% petro than a petro-ethanol mix. Ethanol was initially a substitute for MTBE, a fuel additive that initially replaced lead to increase octane content, but has recently been phased out because of groundwater contamination. The recent boom in ethanol production can be attributed to subsidies and gas price shocks (2005 era, not now). Those subsidies reach different points along the logistic chain. One form is a 15 cent credit per gallon credit to suppliers for mixing ethanol. In an economic climate where demand remains weak, lower fuel prices in a competitive market erode profit margins. This could explain why more stations are mixing ethanol in their petro currently. There is not consensus in the scientific community about net-energy balance and total GHGs resulting from ethanol production, especially in the areas of greenhouse gas debt of land use change due to corn conversion.
Most Texaco’s have ethanol free gas.
Citgo on Kingston Pike across from Krystal (Rafferty’s area) is now 100% ethanol free.
All Ingle’s stores have 100%
Ingle’s NO LONGER sells 100% gasloine..>They now have the 10% added stuff…