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In town here Valero is $1.79, but just up the road it is $1.55. Understand that is 10 cents below national average. That is pretty well unheard of in California what with our goofy "special" formulations out here.
Significance to Aviation of this thread: At the airport the 100LL is still $4.00. I think assuming that they are stuck with expensive old stock is being too nice as the prices are even higher than that elsewhere in the area.
While I'm on the subject, why can't we 75% of the aircraft owners who can use 87 octane start kicking some political and whoever backsides to get 87 octane no lead, no ethanol, for our use nationwide.
Sorry you big-money guys who have to have the hard stuff; fix your own problem. We have a solution and it doesn't have to work for you.
At least 75% of us will be able to have cheaper fuel that doesn't clog up our engines with lead not to mention screwing up the air with it.
The government is talking about some solution and will probably foist some goofy thing like 100 unleaded racing fuel that cost $7.00 a gallon off on ALL OF US if we don't get some other solution for the planes that don't need the high-octane stuff.
My statistics are from AOPA.
Anyone interested in getting a movement going for that?
Additional thought: since the AOPA is always carrying on about promoting new pilots they should be interested in training aircraft burning $1.50 gas instead of the 4 dollar stuff. Think how much cheaper wet flying time would be for the guys getting their rating.
Darryl
Significance to Aviation of this thread: At the airport the 100LL is still $4.00. I think assuming that they are stuck with expensive old stock is being too nice as the prices are even higher than that elsewhere in the area.
While I'm on the subject, why can't we 75% of the aircraft owners who can use 87 octane start kicking some political and whoever backsides to get 87 octane no lead, no ethanol, for our use nationwide.
Sorry you big-money guys who have to have the hard stuff; fix your own problem. We have a solution and it doesn't have to work for you.
At least 75% of us will be able to have cheaper fuel that doesn't clog up our engines with lead not to mention screwing up the air with it.
The government is talking about some solution and will probably foist some goofy thing like 100 unleaded racing fuel that cost $7.00 a gallon off on ALL OF US if we don't get some other solution for the planes that don't need the high-octane stuff.
My statistics are from AOPA.
Anyone interested in getting a movement going for that?
Additional thought: since the AOPA is always carrying on about promoting new pilots they should be interested in training aircraft burning $1.50 gas instead of the 4 dollar stuff. Think how much cheaper wet flying time would be for the guys getting their rating.
Darryl
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