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Subject: MTBE

Author:
ED

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Date Posted: 923165679PST

A great From Allcoast board about MTBE posted by Brad on April 02, 1999 at 19:57:04:
In Reply to: Re: Gas prices & real cause posted by KID CREOLE on April 02, 1999 at 18:44:49:

There has been much disussion (and disagreement) on MTBE on the politics page.

Here are some excerpts from an article written by Dan Fagin for Newsday last Sept.

"Used sparingly as an octane booster for 20 years, MTBE in the 1990's has become the nations third ranking organic chemical product, after ethylene and propylene. The change came after 1992 when major refining companies led by Arco Chemical Co. discovered they can make a profit and meet federal Clean Air mandates by synthesizing MTBE from refinery waste products then blending it with conventional gasoline to produce cleaner-burning "reformulated" gas."

"A few refiners chose ethanol, made from grain, as their oxygenator. But the industry's overwhelming choice was MTBE, which could be made from two by-products of the *natural gas refining process, isobutylene and methanol, that the refining companies would otherwise have to get rid of in some other way. The new gas costs about 5 cents more per gallon, and reduces mileage by about 2%, the EPA later found out. "

(confidential to Playnhooky: I'm only the messenger here, buddy! all souces revealed )

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