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• Anyone seen or tried the Lehr propane outboards?
  • I have felt your pain
    • Hi Larry
      • Will do
    • Gas gumming
      • Case of bad gas
        • Just reinforces my prior decision to buy a new 2 stroke 2 years ago!
        • In our neck of the woods are two gas stations that now sell non ethanol premium for boats.
        • Why would anyone use ethanol if they can avoid it?
          • Agree. Still....subsized Cheetos, man....whoa. That'd be good.
            • Dang carry over red x....hah, got it!!
          • Ethanol is everywhere
            • Coming around from the Chesapeake, to here in Texas
              • Valvtect is the main supplier of ethanol free gasoline
                • Hi Rich, actually Valvetect is still ethanol- based
          • Scientific American had an article, 4 or 5 years ago, saying the exact same thing
            • +1 -- I hate those new "safety" fuel spouts on portable containers
              • And the new outboard tanks
              • Throw away the fancy spout and use a funnel . . .
                • Super siphon is the answer
                  • You are absolutely correct! I've used one in some pretty terrible conditions ...
                    • Do not buy the one from Harbor Freight ...it sucks
                  • Used em
              • Fuel in soda bottles
              • I hate them so much that I
        • And with the drought
          • right,, we're putting food in our fuel tanks! I don't get it.
            • Fair trade . . . thanks to Monsanto, etc., we're putting petroleum products in our food.
              • Correct !!!!
                • And it takes roughly 10x the energy and 10x the environmental impact
                  • nice round numbers. What is the source for these statistics?
                    • that means roughly .05% of statistics are probably close to correct.
                    • T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D
                      • T. Colin Campbell is an American biochemist who specializes in the effects of nutrition on long-term health
  • I saw Ben Ellison (Panbo.com) towing an outboard powered dinghy, with his Torqueedo this weekend.
    • OK dumb question... modern gas is not about to change for the better...
      • The older 2 cycles seem to run OK
        • so you have a source for Seagull engines?
          • I keep finding fresh water, mid-80's OMC engines for my dinghy
      • Hopefully not. And with luck, topside Honda generators are effected as well.
    • My Torqeedo is on its second season - so far so good...
      • The cost will surely come down if it becomes more popular.
        • I doubt Torqeedo will come down until they have competition
          • Can't be far away. They're nearly giving away cordless tools just for the battery market today.
            • Yes but the tool market is huge by comparison
              • You're probably right.
                • Yes but the batteries are just proprietary packaging
      • Todd - a question
        • Interesting idea Max
          • To take it a step further
            • If you want to keep it simple and cheaper