Episode-2561- The Expert Council Show for 11-15-19

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Today its Friday so it’s time for the expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line.

Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on freedom, medical prep, web security, guns and scopes, hiking with dogs, sports injuries, fuel storage, seed starting and more.

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Quote of the day – “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value”. ~ Thomas Paine
A breakdown of various vet meds and potential human use – Doc Bones
Securing your word press based website from evil doers – Nicole Sauce
Scoping your AR10 without mortgaging your house – J.R. Haley
Through hiking with a canine companion – Jessica Mills (yep she is back)
Rethinking the RICE method of minor injury recovery – Gary Collins
Of fuel storage and ethanol gas – Derek Bonpietro
A new lighting option for starting your seedlings – Jack

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Article on the not using the RICE Method of Injury Treatment discussed by Gary Collins
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- Scopes JR Recommended
Write Up on the Barina Lights and Mini Greenhouse from my Segment
Brain Damage on SongFacts.com
Brain Damage – Pink Floyd

Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Videos

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Hey Jack, I’d like to give my “2 cents” on ethanol fuel.

Derek almost hit the nail on the head when he talked about how ethanol picks up moisture where straight gas separates moisture. Ethanol is water based, so not only does it pick up moisture, it’s introducing water from the beginning. I could bore everyone trying to explain this from an aviation perspective, but I’ve got a very practical example that could put this to rest for most circumstances.

First off, I rely on 10 small engines for my homestead and a side hustle. When I used to store my machines during the off season, despite adding stable to ethanol fuel, after six months I would have to clean the carburetor. So I agree that you can use the ethanol fuel with no problems, but you cannot store a small engine with any ethanol in the carburetor or it will gum up.

Now for the practical part. My 10 gas operated machines (chainsaws, lawn mower, weed eater, snow blower, etc.) Cost me over $12,000 over the period I accumulated them. When I tallied up my fuel for this year, I averaged just under 4 gallons of gasoline per week for all 52 weeks. The price difference for buying straight gas (ethanol free) was $82 for the year. That’s peanuts compared to the price of my equipment.

For fuel storage, if I used my costs to figure 5gal per week, the price difference is under $10/ month. How much would you spend on enough stabile to treat your monthly fuel?

I absolutely use the ethanol fuel in my vehicles that I run every day, but for storage and use in my small engines, it’s a no brainer for me.

Again, I’m not anti ethanol, but the protection of my small engines and the added “assurance” for my storage system is worth every penny to me.

Just my 2 cents,

And thanks for a great show.

Will

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Episode-2561- The Expert Council Show for 11-15-19 — 2 Comments

Will on December 8, 2019 at 3:37 pm said:

Hey Jack, I’d like to give my “2 cents” on ethanol fuel.

Derek almost hit the nail on the head when he talked about how ethanol picks up moisture where straight gas separates moisture. Ethanol is water based, so not only does it pick up moisture, it’s introducing water from the beginning. I could bore everyone trying to explain this from an aviation perspective, but I’ve got a very practical example that could put this to rest for most circumstances.

First off, I rely on 10 small engines for my homestead and a side hustle. When I used to store my machines during the off season, despite adding stable to ethanol fuel, after six months I would have to clean the carburetor. So I agree that you can use the ethanol fuel with no problems, but you cannot store a small engine with any ethanol in the carburetor or it will gum up.

Now for the practical part. My 10 gas operated machines (chainsaws, lawn mower, weed eater, snow blower, etc.) Cost me over $12,000 over the period I accumulated them. When I tallied up my fuel for this year, I averaged just under 4 gallons of gasoline per week for all 52 weeks. The price difference for buying straight gas (ethanol free) was $82 for the year. That’s peanuts compared to the price of my equipment.

For fuel storage, if I used my costs to figure 5gal per week, the price difference is under $10/ month. How much would you spend on enough stabile to treat your monthly fuel?

I absolutely use the ethanol fuel in my vehicles that I run every day, but for storage and use in my small engines, it’s a no brainer for me.

Again, I’m not anti ethanol, but the protection of my small engines and the added “assurance” for my storage system is worth every penny to me.

Just my 2 cents,

And thanks for a great show.

Will
Tom from FL on December 9, 2019 at 11:23 am said:

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