It’s my understanding (correct me if I’m wrong) that MTBEs were used exculsively prior to ‘92,, at which time the Feds began phasing them out, after large amounts of MTBE residue were found in California’s drinking water. Later MTBEs were found to be carcinagenic, and were outlawed.
So going back to what was used in 1992 doesn’t appear to be realistic to me.
What am I missing?
oxygenate is crap from the EPA.
Corn is for making whiskey, not fuel for cars. (and tortillas for the Julio’s)
Do away with the stupid EPA and associated regulations, and the problem is solved.
Prior to the EPA mandating MTBE, it was up to the refiner what, if anything was necessary to add to produce a given octane level. MTBE’s were a bad answer to an environmentalist wacko fabricated question, which is typical for what we get from government. Personally, I’d like to see the EPA shut down, and it’s employees sent to forced labor in cornfields for their sins.