I use a medicine dispenser, calibrated in ml, to measure the oil and pour the oil and the gasoline into a larger container which is calibrated in liters. I rinse the dispenser with gasoline and pour that fluid into the mix. I use the mix in my chain saw. My mix ratio is also 50/1. I have no snow blower. A neighbor from across the road plows my driveway. He does not accept anything in exchange.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 06:57:37 -0800 (PST) >From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:49059] Re: new fuel economy label under review by EPA Re: Re: >Nissan Leaf >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > I usually try to run it to a round dollar amount > after first shutoff. The receipt prints in > milligallons. > > As an aside, it is snowblower season here and I had > to mix oil and gas for my 2-cycle snowblower. In > spite of one conversion, I find it easier to measure > the oil in milliliters, multiply by gas/oil ratio, > and convert the liters to target gallons I will > dispense into the gas can. It would be easier if > the pump would let me see liters dispensed. My > snowblower was obviously designed by a metric person > and wants 50:1 mix. If I had to use ounces and > gallons, I would cheat and use 48:1. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 9:39:35 AM > Subject: [USMA:49058] Re: new fuel economy label > under review by EPA Re: Re: Nissan Leaf > I do not know about that...but I do know that > everyday American like to use whole numbers 1, 2, 3 > not 3.785 Liter (metric gallon) > > "Dear Ron, > > To be facetious -- aren't all fuel pumps in the USA > already calibrated in litres -- expressed in lots of > 3.785 412 E-03 litres at a time? The oil companies > just forgot to write on the pumps something like: > "As required by national standards in the USA, we > use metric gallons" > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin " > > Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a > source of power! I hope we dont have to wait til oil > and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had > a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑
