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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 --- 29 days ago http://www.addisonindependent.com/node/1446
| By VICKY SINAGRA St.AlbansMessenger ST. ALBANS — Maurice Lamothe knows engines. Since 1974, he has operated Lamothe’s Repair Shop on Lower Newton Road in St. Albans, and while he’s seen many changes in the past three decades, nothing has been as alarming as recently introduced gasoline additives, which he says are causing problems in the engines and fuel systems of his customer’s cars and boats. “Three months ago when we opened up the boats from winter, they had bad gas, dirty gas,” he said. Lamothe has also seen the same problem in luxury cars, adding that one BMW owner went through three fuel pumps and gas filters, spending $700 to fix problems Lamothe attributes to gas. “A BMW will not handle dirty gas,” he said. Lamothe said he believes the problem may have something to do with ethanol. According to The Boat Owner’s Association of The United States, many states have mandated the replacement of the gasoline additive MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) with ethanol. This changeover was part of the 2005 Energy Bill, which also eliminated the requirement for oxygenated gas, the main reason MTBE, a suspected carcinogen and groundwater pollutant, was added in the first place. The bill also required ethanol, made from Midwestern corn, to be gradually added to the nation’s supply of gasoline. A blend of gasoline with ethanol added, called E-10, contains 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline and is being sold locally. read more ... |
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