Re: MTBE

[Alan Lambert <gerard@xxxxxxx>]

'91 164L gas hose leaking.


On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Paul Irvine wrote:

> Back when California Senate Bill SB-42 was forming I had a pretty active
> webpage going on the subject and some of it dealt a bit with the MTBE issue.
> Since the passage of SB-42 I haven't been actively campaigning against MTBE,
> just kind of passively sitting by and watching the uproar. Figuring all
> along that this stuff is on it's way out.
> 
> Well today I pick up the paper and on page 3B this is the story headline:
> 
> "MTBE isn't carcinogenic, experts rule"
> 
> My mouth dropped open and I just thought man... Big oil and big business
> will just stick it to us every time and any time they damn well please. We
> all know this is a crock 'o shit.
> 
> It's not harmful? - I want to see the 'experts' drink a glass of it.
> 
> Anyway, I'm going to get a new webpage going and get all of us completely
> educated on this stuff. Hope nobody minds me pestering you all with it but
> even those of you who might think it doesn't effect you - you don't know,
> the oil companies love the stuff. They have organizations to promote it.
> 
> For starters, I'd like to hear all of your horror stories concerning this
> crap. Send them to me off-digest and I'll compile them on the webpage so we
> don't have to take up too much digest bandwidth.
> 
> I know this is mostly a California issue right now but....
> 
> Paul Irvine  - Antioch CA
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> 
> 
> 

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Regards,
Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
           *******Los Altos, California (office)*******

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