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Im about to run a e30 mix of e85 and 98ron but i read that australian fuels specifically 98ron doesnt contain ethanol so on the calculator when it says pump ethanol percentage do i just put 0 or is this statement even true? And if it is true i assume i dont need to test any 98ron pumps.

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On 2/23/2025 at 4:27 AM, GTSBoy said:

I think it's the same. It all comes from the same shithole refinieries in SE Asia.

94 RON E10 beats the E10 we get out here, which starts at 87 AKI/~91 RON and goes up to all of 91 AKI/~95 RON. E0 doesn't even exist at most servos and when it does it's usually appallingly expensive and no more than 88-90 AKI. 

Lucky for that, because putting ethanol in fuel only lowers the bulk cost of fuel if it's in 91 ;)

Add it to 98, 85% of it even and it quintuples in price. Strange physics.
f**k you United, Gouging c***ts.

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That's the thing, they still add it and it makes fuel cheaper, implying adding 10% of it drops the cost of 91 by what, 5c a liter?

I remember when it was barely half the price of 98. Because you know, 85% of what is in the fuel is way cheaper than 91 fuel is by volume.

57 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

I remember when it was barely half the price of 98. Because you know, 85% of what is in the fuel is way cheaper than 91 fuel is by volume

Actually, ethanol has probably never been cheaper, on a tax free basis, than petrol.

With fuel excise being what it is, and only being levied on the hydocarbon component, not the ethanol component, and ethanol for non-drinking purposes not being subject to liquor excise - E85 was cheaper, but not because the combustible liquid itself was particularly cheaper.

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