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In some locations, like mine, running ethanol is not even practically possible. There are NO "e-pumps" at all. The only gasoline choices are 87, 89, and 91 octane, and a label on every pump tells you that the ethanol content "can be up to 10%". Shell has promised to provide a 93 octane gas "soon".
The local Province of Alberta" politics may be a significant factor in causing this:
In the U.S., the corn lobby is VERY strong. So strong that every candidate for the U.S. Presidency must, during the Iowa primaries, promise to continue the Federal government policy of requiring ethanol in all gasoline.
In Alberta, where corn is also grown, but where OIL is the BIG inudstry, MUCH bigger than corn, no one can advocate ethanol too loudly despite the Canadian Federal Government's endorsement of it. In fact, Alberta, being the rebelious Texas of the North, has introduced a bill in the provincial Legislature to openly disregard Federal laws that are deemed harmful to Alberta! No kidding.
Also, in my city of 100,000 population, there appear to be only TWO public EV charging stations, again because around here OIL is king.
So, you see there are multiple reasons that make ethanol fueling NOT practical for some geographic locations.
In addition, if we are truly talking 4-figure costs (parts, labour, and tuning) to ENABLE ethanol fueling, only the most power hungry are going to find that attractive.
Jim G
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