Yes, no-ethanol gas is available, and I have switched entirely to it with stabil for all the two stroke motors; chains saws, weed whacker, leaf
blowers. Any 4 stroke that gets very little use; pressure washer, snow blower, golf cart, generators, motorcycles, also get pure gas with stabil
only - now.
The heavy use machines which burn large quantities of fuel in the summer - lawn tractor and zero turn, get normal ethanol mix
until Sept when I switch all fuel cans over to ethanol-free, and put stabil in the fuel cans as soon as they get home from the station. I am hoping
to be done rebuilding carbs. Just because I can do it, doesn't mean I really enjoy it. But it took me a few years to sort it all out, plus many
were machines I bought used, inop due to carb crap, very cheap or from my father's estate - sitting for 6-8 years.
Here no ethanol is about 60 cents a gallon more. In GA near the coast, hard to find, and over 1.00 per gallon more. Desperately needed there
due to very high humidity, the fuel is regularly wrecking (especially older) outboard motors.
Ian, no doubt some fuel has better energy content. My newer Accord has the gas mileage
monitor system, and I play a game with it when not in a hurry. In winter through about end of
April, best tank average around here for me is about 36.8 mpg, very best individual leg
maybe 38-39 mpg. A week ago I filled up and that same route got me 42 mpg first time
out. This AM drove about an hour and a quarter to a customer site, lucked out with my
traffic time allowance, so slowed to 60 mph cruise to hit arrival schedule. I got 45.2 mpg
on that run. THAT is higher energy fuel for sure!
The instrumention makes it a fun game to play if I am not in a hurry. If cruising a long
way, will run as fast as I can so fuel mileage drops, of course.
Bill