What is gasoline?

<p><strong>#143</strong></p><p>For many of us, gasoline is just another everyday thing. It's essential, but we don't give it much thought. But how does it work? What is it made up of? Why are there different "grades" or "types" of gasoline? Let's start it up.</p><p><a href="http://goode.coffee">goode.coffee<br></a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><br><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/industry/industry-matters/mark-e-jones/get-the-lead-out.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/industry/industry-matters/mark-e-jones/get-the-lead-out.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6AdX-bdDaw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6AdX-bdDaw</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2012/august/fueling-the-future-with-renewable-gasoline-and-diesel.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2012/august/fueling-the-future-with-renewable-gasoline-and-diesel.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/octane-in-depth.php">https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/octane-in-depth.php</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/where-our-gasoline-comes-from.php">https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/where-our-gasoline-comes-from.php</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/archive/2016/160330/includes/analysis_print.php">https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/archive/2016/160330/includes/analysis_print.php</a></li> <li> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21086970/#:~:text=Branched%20alkane%20hydrocarbons%20are%20thermodynamically,in%20alkane%20bond%20separation%20energies">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21086970/#:~:text=Branched%20alkane%20hydrocarbons%20are%20thermodynamically,in%20alkane%20bond%20separation%20energies</a>.</li> <li>Solomons Organic C