reformulated gasoline oxygen requirement, ends May 6th

rfkrfk

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Sun Mar-05-06 03:51 PM
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reformulated gasoline oxygen requirement, ends May 6th

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/rfg.htm

not sure about winter CO problem areas

this is great news, less money to the oil companies for goofy gas.
The other issues with RFG are not as bad

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ChazII

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Sun Mar-05-06 04:04 PM
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1. Somehow

I get a gut feeling AZ will still have a gas cocktail. Phoenix has many pollution alerts regarding air quality. My school district has been posting about 2 a week.

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rfkrfk

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Sun Mar-05-06 04:19 PM
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2. does AZ use ethanol or MTBE to meet oxygen content?

if ethanol is currentl used, ending the oxygen requirement might be helpful

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ChazII

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Sun Mar-05-06 10:40 PM
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3. MTBE is what I

see on the pumps when I fill my tank. I do know that the "cocktail" is what the media tells us is responsible for the higher prices of gas in the Phoenix areas.

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