IBTZ!
Why, you signed up today just to post this... bless your pointy little head.
What a load of drivel. MTBE actually caused the driver to get MORE miles per gallaon as opposed to trash ethanol which yields less.
IBTZ
The day is still young!
I hope the Mod catches you soon! This is an absolutely insane article you have posted and I note this is your first day here. I refuse to say welcome. Happy ZOT!
This is bordering on paranoid delusional. I take that back, the bordering part.
IBTZ! There’s definitely a rubber room reserved in your name.
In 1979, ARCO Chemical built the world’s first chemical plant designed specifically to produce methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), an additive used to replace lead and enhance the octane of oxygenated fuels. In 1994, the Channelview plant was the largest MTBE facility in the world, and ARCO Chemical supplied MTBE to most of the major gasoline manufacturers in the United States.
ZOT ALERT!
You must be an editor from THE DAILY KOS! This article is insane and complete garbage.
To a great extent, this article reads like one of those Nigerian e-mails telling me that I am chosen to recieve 1500000 million dollars US.
-In 1990, congress lead by the lobbing efforts of Ken Lay of Enron-
-clean air rules which required a great deal of new refining capacity to be needed in a short period of time-
I’m sure there are other examples, but this article is too long and poorly written to hold my interest.
Welcome to FR. maybe.
“When I looked at how old man Bush let Saddam invade Kuwait’
Article writer is on crack.
in before the zot!
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether is a source of oxygen added to hydrocarbon based gasoline to insure more complete combustion. That was intended to reduce pollution.
MTBE was removed from gasoline because it is miscible with water and would migrate into the ground water if there were a leak in an underground gasoline storage tank. In ground water it smells bad and has an unpleasant taste.
MTBE was replaced with ethanol as a source of oxygen in gasoline. Ethanol is also miscible with ground water, but it tastes better.
To the best of my knowledge, there never have been any health problems associated with MTBE in anything approaching the concentrations actually used.
MTBE has a lower vapor pressure than ethanol, so less of it evaporates into the atmosphere before combustion. It has a higher energy content than ethanol and it is made from natural gas, not from corn.
Of course, this is the lopsided efforts I expect from the Left.
If you intend to smear Gramm, Bush, Gonzalez, etc., why not at least discuss the corruption of Pelosi, Reid, Rangel, Clintons, etc? How about the elitest Left who scream about raising taxes, yet keep their money off-shore to avoid paying taxes?
To portray Obama as better than anyone is juvenile and downright silly. He is a corrupt Chicago politician and swims with the corrupt Left. Simply slandering Republicans is either grossly immature, stupid, or disingenuous. Clearly, you must be part of the Socialism at any cost LEFT.
Try Daily Kos. They believe Stanist propaganda.
Dam. I thought Bush was president not a congressman.
Your article would be more convincing if you included the part about Methanex taking California to the NAFTA Tribunel when California stopped using MTBE.
Good grief. Put the bong down, you’ve had too much already today.
What planet are you from?
Is there intelligent life there?
I never liked Phil (or Wendie) but I suspect this is going to be one of those "backlash to the backlash" things where they're pilloried so much that one almost feels sympathy for them (though they probably don't deserve it).
But not today, you loon.
IBTZ