You mean the gas is "enhanced" by the service station owners??
> [Original Message]
> From: David Porter <frogeye@swcp.com>
> To: <GSFuqua1@aol.com>; Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 4/21/06 9:20:58 AM
> Subject: RE: Ethanol and Healeys
>
> Gary,
> Given the choice I'd pick ethanol every time given the ecological damage
> attributable to MTBE.
> We even have a choice of not using ethanol in the winter here if one
> doesn't mind driving to one of the gas stations run by the local native
> American's who are not required by "our" laws to enhance the fuel. Though
> I'm pretty sure that the average Joe doesn't know that little tid bit.
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On
> Behalf Of GSFuqua1@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:57 PM
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> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Ethanol and Healeys
>
> David is correct. I used to make MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) and
> have
> competed against Ethanol. The Corn & Farm Lobbies are VERY powerful
> machines. Especially when they have the "Green" Lobby support. They won
> which is one
> of the reasons MTBE is going away. There is actually a better product
than
> either Ethanol or MTBE. It is ETBE but little was done to push for it as
it
>
> was a form of combined Ethanol and MTBE. i.e. Neither group would be a
> clear
> winner.
>
> For those of you who may care, Ethanol is made chiefly from corn. However
> it
> takes many times the amount of energy to make it versus what it does in
the
> gasoline and for the atmosphere. The big thing is that Corn is
renewable.
> MTBE is made from a chemical process that uses Natural Gas, Oxygen to
create
>
> Methanol which is then combined with Isobutlyene. (a refined liquid
> byproduct of
> Natural Gas). Both are hard on Rubber and seals. Ethanol is particularly
> bad
> about water and particulate matter. It will literally "Clean" your
system.
>
> It will also burn a hotter so what your temp gauge.
>
> What makes me the most unhappy is that Ethanol is also highly subsidized
by
> tax dollars. Why? Because it is not competitive to manufacture.
Remember
> the
> earlier statement about the amount of energy it takes to make it?
>
> I realize the last paragraph and perhaps the entire response could be
> considered "Political" and it is NOT my desire or intent to see this
debated
> on the
> list. So please hold the flames. I just thought there might be a few
who
> would like to know the background.
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