MTBE is out!
USA is all set to promote ethanol
MTBE
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Setting low standards
The Indian oil sector quibbles on standards for cleaner fuels . Does nothing
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MTBE woes
Mexico takes ethanol route to get rid of MTBE
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Fuelling a debate
Ethanol is a clean and cheap fuel blend. But the Indian government is impeding the use of ethanol when it is callously promoting cancer causing MTBE
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Ethanol: Impact on health and environment
With ether-based oxygenates falling out of favour, ethanol is emerging as one of the most favoured options worldwide. According to H B Mathur, professor emeritus at the Delhi College of Engineering,
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FOLLOW UP
A US-based company, Longhorn Partners Pipeline, have agreed not to ship petrol containing the additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
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US bans MTBE
by an 11-6 vote, a us Senate panel has approved a bill banning the addition in petrol of the fuel additive called mtbe (for methyl tertiary butyl ether), which is carcinogenic and
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The MTBE joke
The way to clean up the air is to pollute groundwater, according to the Indian government
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Deadly leakage
methyl tertiary butyl ether (mtbe) has been found in the Midwest region of the us even though it is not used there, shows a recent research. mtbe, which is a gasoline additive, is
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The right blend
Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment friendly decision