Been farming, tearing up 70 acres over on the Coxville, Tn farm as the rains have abated and the ground is drying out. I was over buying fuel, diesel for our big John Deere tractor and discussing our fuel problem with the owner of the BP fuel distributorship in Alamo, Tn. Our equipment is constantly clogging fuel filters and our big tractor will not run without missing and sputtering when the fuel level drops to a third of a tank of diesel.
Mac Connally, said we were more than likely been buying biodiesel which has fallen in quality since animal fats have been added to the mix and the fuel will layer out with the lighter oils going to the top of the tank and then gelling with the least bit of cold weather added. He never carried the biodiesel for this reason. My pal J. Luckey who farms my mother's place in Cedar Grove, said he has a pile of filters bigger than a small elephant, all clogged by the stuff in biodiesel. He will no longer run his equipment on biodiesel. We also broke down on the bull dozer with this same diesel. Cat filters are expensive at $28 a pop and having to change one every other day is frustrating. I will say no to biodiesel!
Now on to the gasoline with 10% ethanol. Bad for boat motors, bad for lawnmowers, bad for automobile fuel mileage. My experience follows:
I have a 2009 Ford Mustang GT with a 5 speed manual transmission. If I run the gas ethanol mix I average 24.6 miles per gallon. If I run straight gasoline 87 octane, I get 28.8 miles per gallon. This was not just one tank this was with multiple events as I can not always find pure gasoline when away from Cedar Grove. We are fortunate to have a redneck oil distributor who provides the locals with the real stuff. This is a 17% greater fuel efficiency sans the ethanol. I am told that E 85 fuel provides even worse results.
Our Greenies in the Gov are hoaxing the public. They say they want us to save gasoline and want better mileage, and they really are in on the ethanol mandates to have us buy more fuel so they get the 60 cent per gallon tax to fund their lavish lifestyles.
I, Jackson Delano Maybolt, cry "FOUL". RUN A TANK OF GASOLINE AND COMPARE IT TO YOUR GASOHOL TANKS IF YOU CAN. YOU WILL SEE A STARK DIFFERENCE.
If all 200 million cars in the US got 17% better mileage we could cut our dependence on foreign oil by at least 5%. WOW!
Jackson Moybolt, PhD
"Living on hopes and dreams and government schemes, givers and takers and money rakers, keep your hand on the purse at all times when at the carnival." Mother Maybolt, 1926-2008
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