E85 - new sign on pumps say "min 51%"

[dogwhistle]

I'm now switching to e85 by the barrel through special order when I finish changing shells. Having trouble finding a supplier for less than $14ish/gallon though. My 112 Sunoco was cheaper than that.

[TkrPerformance]

co rd 9 and hwy 55 the holiday just up min 51% stickers on the pump handles. sucks because they put in new tanks for e85 and were super close

[Kracka]

I'm now switching to e85 by the barrel through special order when I finish changing shells. Having trouble finding a supplier for less than $14ish/gallon though. My 112 Sunoco was cheaper than that.
That is a complete ripoff. Wholesale value for E98 right now is ~$1.60/gal. Add in some freight, the cost to barrel it, plenty of profit, and it should still be well under $3/gal.

[goodhart]

This is not regarding e85, but I figured it was still relevant to this thread. Are all the BP stations in the cities switching over to Sinclair? Both BP's up here are and it kind of sucks since there's only two of them.

[Shotgun!]

The winter blend has been around 70% and the old signs displayed on the fuel pumps said a minimum of 70%. Does anyone know if the winter blend is planned to be lower now? Kind of sucks if it is. I've had the same tune for 4+ years....I guess I can install my ethanol content sensor that I had laying around.

I wouldn't be too worried about weaker blends just yet. The letter of the law has been 51% for at least a few years, now the stickers just match. Could be as simple as that. I found an old post where this was touched on, back in 2012 (the standard of 51% is at least that old):

Although it could have been, as stated before, old contaminated E70, the lower limits of E85 seems to be 51% as stated at the .gov website.

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_e85_specs.html