New gasohol plan sets high production goal
A major program to produce enough gasohol to replace 10% of the anticipated unleaded gasoline demand by the end of 1981 appears to be linked, at least by timing, to the embargo on grain exports to the Soviet Union. While the Administration denies a link between the two - and none of the embargoed grain has been earmarked for fuel production - it was necessary for the government to support the grain market against a collapse from dumping. A series of tax and loan incentives has been earmarked to stimulate the ethanol program, the most important being a permanent exemption of gasohol from present Federal excise taxes. Corn is expected to supply feedstocks until the mid-1980s, when other cellulosic materials should be available for distillation. Coal or biomass is recommended as the heat source for alcohol distillation in order to achieve a positive net energy gain. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 5376916
- Journal Information:
- Chem. Eng. News (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Eng. News (Wash., D.C.); (United States) Vol. 58:3; ISSN CENEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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