The Hard Truth About Storing Fuel
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/storing-fuel/
... Based on my own experiences with modern gasoline not produced in my country (which once produced 1/3 of the fuel tank of every car up there in the US), let´s elaborate on why storing “for the future” may not be an option anymore. ...
Excellent article with many factoids about the chemistry and behaviour of gasoline.
I have a fair bit of gas stored with stabilizer for lawnmower, snowblower, and generator--just in case. Not a huge amount, but enough to run the gene a few hours a day for a week or so. Just basic natural disaster stuff, not TEOTWAWKI.
No problems--yet--but I'm going to rotate it quicker by running some of it through my car.
I have a couple of tanks, pickup bulk and a boat dock tank, about 200 gallons total. ALWAYS premium non-oxy. I know. Expensive. But I just used the rest of the gas this spring form the Trump price era on lawn mowers, sleds, atv's etc. Had stabilizer. Burns perfectly. Check with local fuel oil companies, if you have more than 100gal, they might deliver, cheaper than normal. If you're near a border, look at prices in another state. Both tanks are on big casters, I strap them into the trailer when I have to go somewhere anyways, fill them up when I see cheap prices. Put in the work for the generator, calculate what it takes to cool the fridge/freezers, cook the food, heat the house etc. Then shut it off. In emergency, figure out a quiet place to put it, neighbors will get curious, then you'll have a different problem. Also, if in the metros, look into a natural gas genset. Nat gas still flows w/o power typically. Very cheap alternative. Stay frosty frens.
In my neighborhood, when the power goes off you hear at least 1/2 the neighbors generators kick on. Almost all have generators nowadays - except me lol - I’m like a lonely onion in the petunia patch lol