[Axenolith]

Analogising it to turning oil to gasoline is literally like analogising it to evaporating water for the most part. Now, when you get to catalytic cracking or hydrogenation, its another issue, but the patents on those processes are probably long expired.

There was a big suit won by Arco I believe though, for other companies use of their MTBE reformulation...

[rottweiller_inc]

is it really different? using a monopoly to say a cartel has a right to profit from it regardless of how the world changes around them.