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To: supercat
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."
4 posted on 08/10/2002 10:32:47 AM PDT by Anchoragite
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To: 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."

In an engine with a properly-functioning catalytic convertor, what benefit is there to using any oxygenator? Such chemicals reduce fuel economy, increasing the emissions of CO2 per mile. They may make the air going into the catalytic convertor cleaner, but what's the point of doing that?

Oxygenated gas was developed in the 1970's as an alternative to catalytic convertors. If catalytic convetors were not widely used, oxygenated gas would indeed reduce polution. Using oxygenated gas on a car which already has a catalytic convertor, however, is redundant and wasteful.

7 posted on 08/10/2002 11:22:34 AM PDT by supercat
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