Thats what i had thought... that ethanol was going to be the next additive.
(I used to live in the east bay area growing up and the central coast for
college) Ethanol is quite a bit more expensive than MTBE and i cant believe
that MTBE creates more oxygen than ethanol, Hell they both only have one
oxygen atom per molecule, so wouldnt a compound with 2 oxygen atoms make
more molecular oxygen upon combustion??? Maybe i should go into petroleum
chemistry rather than analytical chemistry and try to get them all
straightened out.... (c;
Brian
"Bill Pitz" <dakota@billpitz.com> wrote in message
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>
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:52:59 -0500, fitchett@chem.utah.edu ("Brian
> Fitchett") wrote:
> >I thought the MTBE was being phased out in California in favor of some
other
> >oxygenator. Or at least thats what i thought i heard when i used to live
in
> >California. Its wreaks havoc on many things, it dissolves rubber pretty
> >easily not to mention the polluted water. If you live in an area where
> >there is a serious problem with MTBE you can easily smell it in the tap
> >water even at low ppm concentrations. Who wants to drink water that
smells
> >like MTBE??? not me....
>
> "Supposed to be phased out." Yep, it's supposed to be alright. But
> they haven't phased any of it out since the talk of doing so first
> came up several years ago.
>
> You know, it'd "cost too much" or some such BS. At least where I'm at
> (Bay Area), all of the gas pretty much comes from the same refineries
> -- either Shell or Chevron. The only thing that makes it different is
> which oxygenate they add. The Union 76 gas (non-MTBE, ethanol
> oxygenated gas) that is sold around here is processed at the same
> refineries. They just add ethanol instead of MTBE. Of course, in
> most cases 76 tries to mark it up a good 10-15 cents above the
> competition for that very reason, but they do bring the prices down to
> reasonable levels when there is a competing station nearby with much
> cheaper prices.
>
> -Bill
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