[GreenYes] RE: How To Drive Down Gas Prices

["Wayne Turner" <WAYNET@cityofws.org>]

So, I assume that these so called 'additives' have to be added after the gasoline has reached the destination terminal and moved into branded tank farms.  This makes sense but I'm not sure I can buy how it makes a substantial difference in the prices of the product.  And, when you think of it, the prices are really not THAT different - 1-5 cents on the gallon usually.  Here in NC, where we have some of the highest gasoline road use taxes (somewhere arround 13 cents/gallon last I heard) in the country, 1-5 cents doesn't make a helluva lot of difference.  But our taxes do have the effect of making the stuff more expensive.  Maybe we need to add even more taxes.  The result remains the same - higher prices  should reduce demand/consumption.


B. Wayne Turner
City of Winston-Salem
Utilities Division
phone: (336) 727 8418
email: waynet@cityofws.org

>>> "SPENDELOW Peter H" <SPENDELOW.Peter.H@deq.state.or.us> 04/16/02 01:05PM >>>
Jay-  

You are probably right about gasolines being basically the same except for their detergents and other additives, and I don't know about where Chevron originally came up with the trade name "Techron", but "Techron" is a cleaning additive they use and not just something referring to the octane rating system.  Chevron refers to Techron as a polyether amine that they use as an additive, and you can buy the product separately to add to your own gasoline.  Here is a website of theirs that describes their product:
http://www.byrdoil.com/according_to_motor_trend_magazin.htm 

Peter Spendelow

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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:19:34 -0400
From: Jay Donnaway <jdonnawa@dca.state.ga.us>
Subject: [GreenYes] RE: How To Drive Down Gas Prices

Yes, it's all true.  Branded gasolines differ only in the detergent
additives. 'Green gas' (such as you buy at a generic mini-mart), is the same
American Petroleum Institute certified commodity that costs so much more
across the street, just without a bit of detergent to keep valves and
injectors clean.  
Many marketing gimmics tend to be smoke and mirrors.  Recall "Chevron with
TECHRON" -this simply refers to the 'TECHnical Rating of Octane Number',
which all gasolines must undergo before leaving the refinery, and does not
at all differ between brands with the same octane rating.  
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