What Else Influences Gasoline Prices Beyond The Cost of Oil?
Most of us realize that gas prices are related to the cost of crude oil. Crude oil prices make up 65-70% of the retail cost of a gallon of gas;...
If you were driving a state highway in the 1950s (the federal interstate system didn't start until 1956), it's entirely possible you might have seen signs for Mix-I-Go Hydro Gas.
Hydro Gas (or Hydrofuel) was the gasoline blend created in collaboration between Bell Laboratories (the old name for Bell Performance) and nationwide gasoline distributors, where they would treat their gasoline supplies with Bell's Mix-I-Go formulation. This enabled them to suspend water in the gasoline. This new Hydrofuel mixture gave drivers better compression (more power) and cleaned their engines by steaming out the carbon deposits that built up over time. Drivers across the country loved Mix-I-Go Hydrofuel.
Bell Laboratories stopped manufacturing Mix-I-Go Hydrofuel in the 1960s, but continued selling the Mix-I-Go treatment formulation with no end in sight.
The 12 Days of Mix-I-Go: Day #2 - Mix-I-Go and Ethanol
We've been hearing about ethanol in our gasoline a lot in the past couple of years, but many people don't realize that ethanol has been used as fuel...
Women Refueled - "What Do Most Women Know About Fuel?"
A change of pace this week at the Bell Blog. Today, we hear from Bell Performance's Director of International Business, Deborah Moon, talking to...