RE: Fuel shelf life
An article on this subject was done in one of the mainstream mags, within the past few years. They added water to the fuel to see how performance degraded. I don't remember the actual % of water that it took before the engine[s] protested, but it was quite a lot. The fuel can always be put in a feezer, then skim off the ice that forms, if you want to dry out your fuel.