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Most all stations here in MN have e10 87 octane as the base fuel and its been that way for many years here. I haven't seen any e15 pumps yet but we have a few e85 pumps here in the metro area.
The thing that gets me is if you want completely ethanol free fuel, which I prefer to run in my marine engine, lawnmower, etc, we have only a few select gas stations here that sell non-oxy fuel and last summer I paid almost a dollar extra per gallon for it over the base e10 87 octane. Its popular with hot rodders, boaters, etc that know the trouble ethanol laced fuel can be when run in older carburated machinery.
As kind of a poor mans experiment, my uncle filled a clear mason jar filled with e10 87 octane and let it sit for several weeks. At about the 4th week it started to break down and looked to turn to varnish. Don't imagine older fuel systems can run very effieciently on this sludge.
Not cool to have your boat motor start running badly or quit altogether out on the water on a nice sunny weekend day because you ran crappy ethanol laced fuel in it-hint speaking from personal experience.
All I ask is give the consumer a CHOICE. I don't mind if they offer %100 ethanol fuel for those that want it, but please leave us that want, the choice to get regular ethanol free fuel without a large mark-up in price.
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