On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Allendorfer, Mike wrote:
> There-in lies the root hypocrisy of the whole reformulated gas thing. When
> cars had carburators and no feed-back from an O2 sensor, reformulated gas
> made some sense. It also may help for that lawnmower you run a screaming 30
> min/week, the motorcycle that gets ridden 3K/yr and the boat that
> accumulates 50 hr/yr (if you're lucky), but your car doesn't care. The O2
> sensor says "more fuel" and the FI happily complies, reducing your mileage
> 5-10% and pouring out more fractions that cause smog but don't produce any
> power.
>
> The politics of the deal revolve around Governer's wives on the board of the
> oil companies selling MTBE and Presidents that want to please the farmers in
> the midwest who happened to vote for them. Science and sense have no
> application in this application. Money prevails and consumers aren't
> informed enough or organized enough to have an impact in the forum where the
> decisions are made.
>
> Guess why our younger generation is turned off to politics.
> Mike A,
> 96 Impala SS (the taxi driver)
Gas is taxed by the gallon. -- KeS
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