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daily nebraskan
friday, november 10, 1978
Curiosity, novelty fuels gasohol sales dai,y nebraskan
By Shelley Smith
Curiosity and the excitement of a novel
ty have caused gasohol sales to soar after
one week at Lincoln's only gasohol station,
according to its owner.
Don Gerbig, owner of Gerbig Oil Co.
at 14th and Pioneers Blvd., said since last
Friday, gasohol sales have been "more than
expected."
He said about 3,000 gallons were sold in
the past week, and attributes it to
customer curiosity, "and by word of
mouth."
Steve Girbig, who works with his father,
said that at 10 ajn. last Friday, cars were
lined up waiting to try the gas that the gov
ernment has said increases gas mileage.
"And it does," Gerbig contends. "There
was a guy in here the other day that said he
had increased his gas mileage by three
miles."
5 percent increase
He said that gasohol can be used in any
car and will generally show a five per
cent increase in gas mileage.
He said that many customers had read
about gasohol in the newspapers and
hoped it was a worthwhile improvement
over lead-free gas.
Gasohol, which sells for about 70 cents
a gallon, is the same price as lead-free gas.
Don said that because the prices were
the same most people were willing to try
gasohol.
"The best way to promote something is
to suggest it to the customer," he said.
"If someone comes in here and asks for
lead-free gas I say why not try gasohol, and
then I explain the benefits of it. We've only
had about two that have turned us down."
Sign promotion
The only other promotion the station
is using is a sign in front of the station, he
said.
"We're also giving out bumper stickers
that say 'Let's all fuel around with gaso
hol,' "he said.
He said that along with better mileage,
gasohol helps keep the temperature of the
motor low and has a higher octane rating
than lead-free gas.
Steve said the only complication in
using gasohol could be if it is used in a
car using leaded-gas that has been sitting
around for some time.
He said that an idle car using leaded gas
causes the gas tank to be coated with
varnish.
"The alcohol in the gasohol would
break down this varnish and could clog the
carbureator. But this is a very isolated
case."
Helps farmers
Don said he began selling gasohol be
cause he was interested in it and he realized
that it would help the farmers.
He said there is a lot of wet grain that
needs to be used, and by converting it to
alcohol it can be used for mix in gasohol.
Also, he said, the use of gasohol can
help the United States reduce its imports
of foreign oil.
"Besides, it sounded fun," he added.
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