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My appologies; I didn't realize most folks don't know what drip gas is.
Drip gas is a 'natural' form of gasoline, to save chemical explanations. It's clear, collects from the surface of oil pools, condenses out of natural gas, and is common in our local oil/gas bearing strata. I don't think it is exclusively unique to Oklahoma-NorthTexas, but it's unusual, elsewhere.
There are 'condensers' on local natural gas pipelines, where the stuff is collected out. You can find something similar on many production oil wells. Production companies hate the stuff; it's 'waste', as there isn't enough for viable comercial collection/refining, and there is no uniformity to it. They have to periodically collect it and dispose of it. The octane might be anything up to 80. You can obtain it from a condenser or collection tank, and use it to run a lawnmower with - or anything else, depending on quality.
It's illegal to use, because the State gets really pissed whenever somebody fuels something, and they can't get their tax fingers into it. During WW2 there was gas rationing, and anyone caught using 'drip' would get into real trouble. Today, there's little enforcement, although you can still get into trouble (if anybody bothered to catch you). Oil/gas companies sometimes complain when it disappears from collection points, because they don't like anybody using something they're going to throw away.
We used to burn a lot of drip in an old Internation Scout. We had a good source, and ran a lot of small engines with the stuff, also. You have to set your timing back for most vehicles, but high-octane drip will run a car. I've heard of drip that was too 'hot' (too much octane), but have never seen any, and don't believe the reports. Lots of drip is low-octane and will smoke, or a motor just won't start on it. Even the poor stuff can still be used, however, by mixing it with something to improve octane (store-bought gasoline, for instance).
Drip can be handy, when you run out of gas in the middle of nowhere at two in the morning, but you happen to find a source nearby. Use of it carries a stigmata of 'cheap' or 'devil-may-care', depending on attitude.
Good 'nuff?
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