[supercat]

Is there any sound environmental reason that MTBE shouldn't be replaced with a substance which was developed many decades ago as a cleaning solvent, commonly known as "gasoline"?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

None that I know about.

There are some very interesting little known angles to this, not all of which I remember!

But some know much more about this than I!

[Anchoragite]

Gee, after MTBE was proven to turn toxic in arctic environments (turns into formaldehyde!), we replaced it with a really high-tech oxygenator called "alcohol."