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