Have you ever wondered what happens when you keep gas too long? Anyone who has ever put a vehicle away for more than a few months without putting an octane stabilizing chemical in the tank: varnish. In short, you just killed your car without some very serious work.
So what happens to all this gas when it goes bad? It becomes hazardous waste, fit only to be disposed of by professionals in as few as 60 days. Gasoline that has degraded to such a point shouldn’t even be used to start fires.
When it is taken to such a facility, it is incinerated in a special facility where the rust and other metals are captured. Of course, the carbon dioxide is still sent up into the atmosphere. Millions of gallons of fuel go bad in this manner every year.
Of course, the way to fix this is to make sure you’re careful whenever you’ll be storing gas for any length of time with a fuel stabilizer.
