In any case, US Energy Information Administration data show that reformulated gasoline costs an extra 15 cents per gallon. The Oxybusters, a group that opposes oxygenates, is delighted with this result. It believes that MTBE also causes various health problems. Two bills have recently been introduced in the Congress to phase out the federal requirement for fuel additives. The EPA, while supporting the NRC findings, is not ready to give up its reformulated gas program.
More studies are required, they say.
Turning to smog-avoiding nuclear power, complaints by enviros about deceptive ads have led the Better Business Bureau to get the Federal Trade Commission to investigate. Apparently, the NEI didn't mention that the uranium fuel was made using electricity from coal plants. But there is also some good news from Europe. The young professionals of the nuclear power industry are organizing themselves to fight the Green movements that want to abolish nuclear energy. Watch for their international conference next April in Bratislava, Slovakia.