Roger Halstead
July 14th 03, 08:37 PM
On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:23:23 -0700, "Paul Millner"
> wrote:
>>> MBTE is, however, being phased
>
>MTBE (note sequence) is going away, and oxygenate is mandated, contrary to
>good science, but in keeping with political relationships with farm states.
>It's going to be increasingly difficult to find non-oxygenated fuel at the
>pump.
>
AND more difficult to know what you are getting.
In Michigan it WAS a requirement to have a sticker on the pumps that
told the purchaser the fuel had alcohol in it. NOW the stickers only
say the fuel meets Michigan rule standard something-or-other.
Now you really don't know what's in there.
Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
>OTOH, ethanol is blended at the truck terminal, not at the refinery, so if
>you're buying a truck tank full, you can get unoxygenated fuel (with
>commesurately lower octane... the ethanol boosts the octane a couple
>numbers).
>
>Paul
>
> wrote:
>>> MBTE is, however, being phased
>
>MTBE (note sequence) is going away, and oxygenate is mandated, contrary to
>good science, but in keeping with political relationships with farm states.
>It's going to be increasingly difficult to find non-oxygenated fuel at the
>pump.
>
AND more difficult to know what you are getting.
In Michigan it WAS a requirement to have a sticker on the pumps that
told the purchaser the fuel had alcohol in it. NOW the stickers only
say the fuel meets Michigan rule standard something-or-other.
Now you really don't know what's in there.
Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
>OTOH, ethanol is blended at the truck terminal, not at the refinery, so if
>you're buying a truck tank full, you can get unoxygenated fuel (with
>commesurately lower octane... the ethanol boosts the octane a couple
>numbers).
>
>Paul
>