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Gasoline can be released into the Earth's environment as an uncombusted liquid fuel, as a flammable liquid, or as a vapor by way of leakages occurring during its production, handling, transport and delivery. [83] Gasoline contains known carcinogens, [84] [85] [86] and gasoline exhaust is a health risk. [75]
Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-1-07 on January 19, 2007, to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS). [14] [15] The LCFS requires oil refineries and distributors to ensure that the mix of fuel they sell in the Californian market meets the established declining targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions measured in CO 2-equivalent grams per unit of fuel ...
California regulators are poised to vote Friday on a measure intended to accelerate the state’s transition away from fossil fuels by imposing tougher carbon-reduction requirements for gasoline ...
93 is widely available in the Chicago area. Elsewhere in Illinois, 93 is offered at Shell and select other stations. Many fuel stations now offer an 88-octane fuel blend that is 15% ethanol, suitable for use in some gasoline-powered automobiles from model year 2001 and newer. Indiana: 87 89 93 Iowa: 87 89 91
A nearly two decades-old program to slash climate-warming emissions from transportation could cause California gasoline prices to spike as much as 50 cents a gallon in the next two years.
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Top Tier Detergent Gasoline and Top Tier Diesel Fuel are performance specifications and trademarks designed and supported by several automakers. [1] BMW , General Motors , Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , Ford , Acura / Honda , Toyota , Volkswagen , Mercedes-Benz , Navistar , Audi , and Volvo support the gasoline standard, while General Motors ...
The cetane number of a fuel is defined by finding a blend of cetane and isocetane with the same ignition delay. Cetane has a cetane number defined to be 100, while isocetane's measured cetane number is 15, replacing the former reference fuel alpha-methylnaphthalene, which was assigned a cetane number of 0.