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With respect to the putative advantage of ethanol as a gasoline additive (C&EN, April 24, page 28), the original purpose was to provide an emissions oxidant to replace methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE). What was the objection to MTBE? When gasoline station storage tanks leak (which, apparently, many of them do), MTBE in the fuel gets into the groundwater supply, giving it an awful smell and taste. Then, lots of people complain. There has been no demonstration of MTBE toxicity in humans at normal levels of exposure, to my knowledge.
One would think the sensible thing to do would be to require gasoline stations to replace leaky tanks. Growers of corn, however, had a neater solution: Substitute ethanol for MTBE. Perhaps it was even a more economical (and tastier) solution than digging up all those tanks. The trouble is, I don't think that anyone has done that comparison.
David M. Wetstone
Hartford, Conn.
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