Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:58:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [66.75.162.134] (HELO ms-smtp-02-eri0.socal.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 363857 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:08:27 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.75.162.134; envelope-from=wdodson@bak.rr.com Received: from WALTERXP (cpe-24-161-205-142.bak.rr.com [24.161.205.142]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.socal.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id i7DH7rXs015417 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:07:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <004601c48158$112c2f30$0100a8c0@WALTERXP> From: "Walter and Margo Dodson" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: 80 Octane gone??? X-Original-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:07:51 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine The AOPA website today says that 80 octane avgas is on the way out. For sure, this time. Kern oil refinery in Bakersfield (Shell/BP) has stropped production of ALL avgas, according to the AOPA web site. Shell, only today, announced it would keep the Kern County refinery open as a result of pressure from everyone in the West. They produce 2% of our state's gasoline as well as diesel and kerosine from the heavy crude here in the San Joaquin Valley. Las Vegas gets the rest. Why is the national oil preserve here? You should fly over Elk Hills some day and catch an eyefull of OIL! And storage tanks and rigs and roads and all the infracture of a HUGE oil industry operation. Shell/BP must have something up their sleeves... Go figure... BUT, if they stop making 100 octane we'll all be (upset), Walter Dodson