Gaso what???
Something to take note when you ride overseas.
Gasohol
Gasohol is a mixture of gasoline and alcohol (mostly ethanol).
Historically, the use of such a blend dates back as early as 1920s, and
has been promoted on and off. Its primary intention is to reduce the
consumption (import) of gasoline.
Today, in many countries, the use of gasohol is promoted or even
mandated (notably Brazil). In Thailand, the first gasohol appeared on
the market in 2001 and has been steadily promoted. The Thai Government,
with its usual top-down approach, has set a rather aggressive schedule
to replace all conventional gasoline with gasohol. At the time of
writing, no other neighboring countries (Burma, Laos, Cambodia,
Malaysia and Singapore) produce gasohol.
Regular 95 gasoline is to be completely replaced with gasohol 95 by
January 2007, and is already increasingly difficult to find at gas
stations. Regular 91 gasoline is allowed to survive some more years,
but to be replaced with gasohol 91 by 2012.
At the moment, both gasohol 95 and gasohol 91 contain 10% ethanol
(E10), but this proportion is announced to be increased in the near
future.
2. How does it affect?
a. loss of power and mileage
b. damage to the fuel system
Got your attention yet??
Read more here
http://www.geocities.com/bkkriders/gasohol.html
More details here.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-gasohol.html
