gasohol

• “Ethanol then called "gasohol" first burst onto the charity scene during the 1970s energy crisis when Jimmy Carter and a Democrat-controlled Congress were eager to subsidize anything claimed to be an oil substitute.”

  Forbes: Ethanol Subsidy Support Running On Empty

• “Gasoline additives such as gasohol were developed at a time when cars had carburetors that were often adjusted too rich, resulting in incomplete combustion and pollution.”

  Forbes: Ethanol Subsidy Support Running On Empty

• “Herendeen argued that net energy analysis is particularly important for highly touted technologies such as gasohol and the solar power satellite which are subsidized with tax dollars and do appear to be near the energy break-even point.”

  Net energy analysis

• “In the United States, the use of alcohol in gasoline-ethanol mixtures, known as "gasohol," is subsidized.”

  Chapter 3

• “When corn farmers began pushing "gasohol" as a potential new market in the late 1970's and early 1980's, state governments initiated rudimentary support measures, such as using it in some state fleet vehicles when available, or exempting it from state gas taxes.”

  CattleNetwork

• “gasohol" and can also be blended to give satisfactory performance in machinery on the farm.”

  Chapter 9

• “We sent Congress incentives for biomass and gasohol, a plan to streamline the licensing of nuclear power plants, additional incentives for solar power, and, later, a proposal for a synthetic-fuels corporation.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Good Fight

• “This may not be decisive, but it certainly could have as big of an impact as other proposals to reduce import dependence, like gasohol (a mixture of motor gasoline and ethanol from corn).”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Natural Gas Revolution

• “Cellulosic ethanol represents a huge potential market for Novozymes, whose enzymes play a role in everything from detergents to beer to gasohol.”

  Forbes: Are We Getting Closer to 'Clean' Ethanol?

• “Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 & ndash; & ldquo; The conference agreement increases the present 5-cents-per-gallon excise tax exemption for alcohol fuels mixtures e.g., gasohol to 6 cents per gallon.”

  The Huffington Post: Joel Velasco: Lame Duck Congress Goes from Bad to Worse on U.S. Ethanol Policy

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