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UPDATE: Michael Silence has a great list here.
Short and to the point. You know the drill.
Where in Knoxville can you find ethanol-free gasoline? Our small engine equipment thanks you for your answers.
13 Responses to “Where To Find Ethanol-free Gas in Knoxville?”
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Patrick Beeson
September 18th, 2009 at 10:04 am
The only place I was aware of was the Exxon station in Fountain City. But they switched over a few months back.
Jeff Murray
September 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Most Texaco’s have ethanol free gas.
Rob Shomaker
September 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am
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.
Michael Silence
September 18th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/silence/archives/2009/08/from_readers_so.shtml
The Exxon on campus no longer offers it.
Rob Shomaker
September 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
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.
CP
September 20th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
@Michael Silence: We’ve updated our post to link over your way. Thanks for sharing.
Chad P
September 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
The Krogers on Northshore was ethanol free up until a few weeks ago. Last time I was there they had switched over.
Patrick Beeson
September 21st, 2009 at 9:44 am
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?
CP
September 21st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
@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
Lo
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 am
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.
AM
October 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Most Texaco’s have ethanol free gas.
Rob Shomaker
November 24th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Citgo on Kingston Pike across from Krystal (Rafferty’s area) is now 100% ethanol free.
Phillip Nussbaumer
February 27th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
All Ingle’s stores have 100%