On 25 Apr 2006 21:45:13 -0700, "M" wrote:

I see those placards saying "may contain up to 10% ethanol" a lot in
Washington state. However as of today most of the gasoline sold here
does not contain any ethanol. The reason is ethanol is expensive to
blend into the fuel because it needs to be transported in trucks or
barges from ethanol producing states.

I tanked up here in Seattle just last Saturday, filling my cans at the local
Chevron station. I ran the test...the gas was clear. However, I have detected
alcohol in the past in cases where the pumps indicated that the gas would NOT
contain booze....

Ron Wanttaja