Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1918 — Yellow Gasoline as Good as White. [ARTICLE]

Yellow Gasoline as Good as White.

If motorists realized that their prejudice against yellowish gasoline was unwarranted the gasoline supply might be increased considerably. In the early days of the oil industry poor refining methods were responsible for the production of yellowish kerosenes and gasolines, which were sometimes dangerous. This led the public to demand that gasoline be “water white,” and the prejudice has hindered the development of cracking processes which produce perfectly safe gasoline with a slightly yellowish tinge. Another handicap in the industry, according to petroleum experts, is the necessity for refiners treating gasoline with sulphuric acid arjd caustic soda to remove unsaturated hydrocarbons, which have a high fuel value in an explosion engine. It is estimated that there is a loss of $10,000,00() a year in the United States through these prejudices, represented by 30,000,000 gallons of gasoline, 35,000 tons of sulphuric acid and 3,500 tons of caustic soda.