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To: Logain Ablar who wrote (102996)	6/16/2008 10:59:46 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206185

MTBE was originally discovered accidentally by the Italian firm ENI in the 1960s. The patent was bought by Lyondell / Exxon and promoted as a replacement for tetra ethyl lead. Hartley's firm, Unocal, like the Europeans relied heavily on the addition of aromatics to raise octane - although they did use some MTBE like other US refiners. In some cars MTBE lowered gas mileage by as much as 0.25 miles per gallon. This would be a 15% reduction in gas mileage if your car gets 1.7 miles per gallon initially, so you must be recalling this wrong. .