Apparently Ethanol works almost as well and is somewhat less toxic,
however it's distressingly low tech.
William Robb wrote:
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> From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?
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>> Already been done. The argument worked very well to get rid of lead
>> from fuel.
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> A situation where politics and reality meet with less than optimal results.
> By coincidence, my cousin, a fellow named Robert Sharpe was a chemical
> engineer for Royal Dutch Shell at that time. He was put in charge of a
> design team finding a substitute for tetraethyl lead. They came up with a
> product called methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE).
> Several years ago, we got together for a rare extended family dinner, and we
> got to talking about motor fuels. I was involved in souping up motorcycles
> at the time, so gasoline additives were of some interest to me.
> Anyway, as far as he was concerned, MTBE was a movement sideways as far as
> noxious additives were concerned.
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> William Robb
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