Source: opei.org

According to Outdoor Power Equipment Institute’s new press release outlining the education problem that most outdoor power equipment owners have regarding ethanol based fuels, we thought we would re-post our article about the dangers of ethanol Fuel containing more than 10% ethanol. This fuel can damage, or even destroy, most small engine based products (lawn equipment, motorcycles, ATV’s, etc.) which you can read here.

The knowledge that the public has about this issue is limited, to say the least. OPEI states that “1 in 5 [people asked] don’t pay attention to the fuel they use [in their equipment].” In fact, price is the determining factor in most of the fuel bought and used. Period. More than half of consumers asked “only pay attention to the type of fuel they use when there is a ‘warning’ on the pump about how to use it.” This is an alarming trend for the outdoor power equipment industry and has resulted in most  manufacturers of small engines to write specific additions into their warranties to exclude fuel related issues. So the knowledge of what fuel to use falls on the end user, whom, we have shown, pays little to no attention to which fuel they buy.

So, per OPEI’s press release, we have two choices. First, we can  get this information to the public, such that they can make educated decisions on which fuel to use and the dangers of said fuel. Or secondly, the outdoor power industry will need to adapt to the expansion of ethanol based fuels and develop new technologies that can accommodate these fuels (or away from fuel all together). Either way, the information for each side of the argument is falling on deaf ears!

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