On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:46:47 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Today Rep. Jim Nussle -- potentially the future governor of Iowa -- was
reported as proposing that all gasoline sold in Iowa be required to contain
20% ethanol additive. Presumably, this legislation, if passed, would make
the sale of regular unleaded gasoline illegal in Iowa.

Though not to that extent, it will almost certainly be a nationwide
problem. There's no mandate, but Congress has declined to pass a
waiver for producers of MBTE to protect them from lawsuits. Much of
Northeast is on the MBTE standard, including the part of New Hampshire
in which I live.

Refiners won't use MBTE if they can be sued for the effects from
spills. The only other existing oxygenate is ethanol, so the Northeast
and I assume California (if it isn't already) will soon have only
alky-denatured gasoline.

I assume that Iowa and other state legislators are smart enough to
exempt 100LL from their ruling, but the spread of the alky economy is
really bad news for flyers who use mogas.



-- all the best, Dan Ford

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