Amid rising concerns about the damaging effects of ethanol-gasoline mixtures on small engines, one outdoor-gear maker has quietly begun to market a canned gas/oil mixture that leaves out the ethanol. At $7.99 per quart, Stihl’s Motomix doesn’t come cheap. But when you compare the price to the cost of repeated carburetor rebuilds, you can view it as an acceptable form of a centuries-old tradition—paying for protection.
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