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Gasohol
Vehicle fuel consisting of a mixture of gasoline and ethyl or methyl alcohol; typically 10 to 23 percent ethanol by volume. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and methanol (methyl alcohol) are two types of alcohol fuels. The use of pure alcohols in internal combustion engines is only possible if the engine is designed or modified for that purpose. However, in their anhydrous or pure forms, they can be mixed with gasoline (petrol) in various ratios for use in unmodified automobile engines. Typically, only ethanol is used widely in this manner, particularly since methanol is toxic. Farm Bureau NewsThe panic over oil leads to greater interest in gasohol, an alcohol fuel that can be made from fermenting corn and other agricultural feedstocks. Plan to phase out premium petrol dropped - Oct 18, 2007 Bangkok Post,The Energy Ministry has abandoned a plan to phase out sales of premium petrol in favour of gasohol for fear of protests by consumer groups. Gasohol levy cut to spur sales, taxes reduced for NGV buses - Oct 2, 2007 Bangkok Post,The Energy Ministry has reduced the levy collected from oil companies on gasohol by 20 satang a litre to encourage the use of the fuel, according to Anusorn Helpful hints for the next time you fill up your car - Oct 11, 2007 ProgressiveU.org,We haul gasoline, gasohol, and diesel fuel. (Just so you know where I'm coming from.) Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth. 1. Retail oil prices definitely up next week - Oct 18, 2007 Nation Multimedia,Meanwhile, consumers can avoid the higher gasoline and switch to cheaper gasohol. "Oil retailers are really careful when to raise diesel prices. Thai August fuel demand up 1.3 pct yr/yr-ministry - Sep 30, 2007 Reuters UK,Demand for 95-Octane gasoline dropped 19 percent in August from a year earlier as more drivers swapped to gasohol, which is subsidised, the data showed. New law would keep politics out of Oil Fund - Oct 3, 2007 Bangkok Post,Dr Piyasvasti also said the recent reduction of the gasohol levy paid to the fund by 20 satang a litre would last only until the end of this year. Caution on derivatives - Sep 22, 2007 Bangkok Post,AUTOMOBILES :Chevrolet this week staged a "Technicians Trust in Gasohol" seminar to expand its service personnel's understanding of gasohol efficiency and Local fuel prices set to rise on global oil price surge - Oct 16, 2007 Thai News Agency MCOT,...the Energy Ministry reduce a contribution to the State Oil Fund temporarily and the people turn to consume gasohol because costs are lower. (TNA) –E005. State-Private Sectors Urged To Source Alternative Energy - Oct 7, 2007 Bernama,Gasohol is a blend of 90 per cent gasoline and 10 per cent ethanol. This year, the government had boosted a campaign for people to turn to count on gasohol Gov. Rendell's energy plan can't be justified - Oct 6, 2007 Allentown Morning Call,If this means ethanol and gasohol, isn't it true that both of these yield lower actual gas mileage? If bio-fuels are so great, and have been talked about Fiat is greenest car company - Oct 4, 2007 Dublin People,These engines run on variable mixtures of locally produced pure bio-ethanol and gasohol. The bio-ethanol and gasohol are contained in the same fuel tank and Biofuels development to flow from proposed legislation - Oct 10, 2007 Truck News,The second change relates to the structure of the incentive for ethanol production in Manitoba, revising it from the current tax reduction for gasohol (E10) Haz-Mat Survival Tips: Identifying Hazardous Materials - Oct 15, 2007 FireEngineering.com,The latter entry should be of particular concern to first responders, since gasohol is a mixture of gasoline and alcohol. This is a critical point to Ad-hoc fund to help absorb oil impacts - Sep 27, 2007 Nation Multimedia,They should turn to other alternative fuels like gasohol while travellers should also buy monthly tickets to save their money," Silapachai said. 100 years ago, 1907 - Sep 24, 2007 SunJournal.com (subscription),...go-ahead Thursday to legislation that helps bolster grain prices and puts huge stockpiles of spoiling government corn to use by converting it it gasohol. Drive it forever - Oct 7, 2007 Boston Globe,Years back I mistakenly purchased gasoline that contained gasohol and used it in my chainsaw. Although I added the proper oil mixture to the fuel, All-new Jazz uncovered - Sep 27, 2007 Bangkok Post,FThe ability to make the i-VTEC motor compatible with E20 gasohol means that retail prices could be maintained at today's range of B500,000-B700,000. Farmers like dream of ethanol paydays - Oct 7, 2007 Columbus Dispatch,..."When they first started talking about it, way back when it was being called gasohol, there wasn't much interest," he said. "Now, the timing is better. Us, Yes We Are Left Holding the Bag - Oct 1, 2007 Hawaii Reporter,Taxpayers were fooled into the belief that a continuance of the exemption of gasohol from the general excise tax would save them pennies at the pump. OIL DATA:Thailand's Aug Crude Imports +6.3% On Yr, +15% On Mo - Oct 1, 2007 FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market,Demand for ethanol-blended gasohol, an alternative fuel to gasoline, soared 49% on year and rose 7.8% on month to 5.2 million liters a day. Call to make ethanol a ‘declared item’ - Sep 27, 2007 Commodity Online,This, in turn, is expected to provide a fillip to the gasohol programme, which proposes to increase the proportion of ethanol blending in petrol from the PERFORMANCE: ( running on E85) 0-60mph 8.5s / Max Speed 139mph - Sep 26, 2007 Accelerate Bristol,If 15% ethanol is mixed with petrol, no engine modification is typically needed and this mix, called gasohol or E85, is what Saab use with the 9-5 BioPower. Cassava and biofuel: the new magic - Sep 23, 2007 Nation Multimedia,Finally, in 2000, Thailand was one of the first countries in Asia to initiate a "gasohol" or E10 programme, with the aim of replacing 10 per cent of normal RCA Global commits B1bn to ethanol plant - Aug 17, 2007 Bangkok Post,Most of the output would be sold to local oil companies to blend with gasoline to make gasohol. Some of the ethanol would also be exported to China. Mitr Phol scales down ethanol plans - Aug 13, 2007 Bangkok Post,The former government was also promoting the development of E20 gasohol, a mixture of 20% ethanol and 80% gasoline. Most gasohol sold is E10 or E5. Cabinet increases taxes on E20-fuelled cars - Aug 14, 2007 Bangkok Post,Under the Thaksin Shinawatra government, tax officials had announced that cars powered by E20 gasohol blends would be charged an excise tax rate of just 20% Politics of petrol - Aug 9, 2007 Bangkok Post,Cars that can't run on gasohol constitute a large population to say the least. And this is the third time that such an announcement was made. Racing alcoholic - Aug 10, 2007 Bangkok Post,In Thailand, Mitsubishi won the national championship last year on E10 gasohol - although aftermarket fuel additive is believed to have been used. Pacific Ethanol Coasts Along - Aug 13, 2007 Motley FoolIf the dollars and cents of "gasohol" are in fact better than I've been led to believe, then I may have to start shifting my opinion about Pacific Ethanol, Carmakers signal compliance - Jul 23, 2007 Bangkok Post,Twenty-six automobile and motorcycle companies have confirmed that their vehicles distributed in Thailand can run on gasohol 95 and 91 and are ready to Energy tsar comes clean - Jul 26, 2007 Bangkok Post,Not only does he vouch for gasohol and biodiesel, here he also shares his perspective on CO2 reduction and future trends in the automobile market. Thai June fuel demand down 3.9 pct yr/yr - ministry - Aug 7, 2007 Reuters.uk,Demand for 95-octane gasoline dropped 22.5 percent in June from a year earlier as more drivers switched to gasohol, which is subsidised, the data showed. Growth goal rising - Aug 4, 2007 Bangkok Post,The new pump prices per litre in Greater Bangkok are 28.79 baht for premium petrol, 27.99 baht for regular premium, 25.29 baht for gasohol 95 and 24.49 baht Sunday brunch :Fuel for thought - Jul 28, 2007 Nation Multimedia,Shell Thailand chairman Tiraphot Vajrabhaya, 54, is a staunch promoter of gasohol - petrol blended with 10-per-cent ethanol - but the eco-friendly fuel is Alternative-fuel funds promising, say experts - Aug 1, 2007 Bangkok Post,...''If the government is unable to push up demand for gasohol, ethanol plants will face big trouble. Ethanol exports are still prohibited despite the fact Khon Kaen Sugar cuts ethanol plans - Aug 16, 2007 Bangkok Post,The government's recent decision to reverse policies to phase out premium petrol in favour of gasohol had significantly affected demand projections for Shell plans sweeping new petrol-station revamp - Jul 20, 2007 Nation Multimedia,To encourage gasohol consumption, it will replace octane-91 or octane-95 petrol with gasohol-91 in all its Thai stations. Foreign venture funds said to be eyeing logistics, alternative ... - Aug 5, 2007 Bangkok Post,But gasohol still has significant potential for growth,'' Mr Kunakorn said. He noted that foreign venture funds, particularly European ones, were focused Egat may buy additional power from IPPs - Jul 29, 2007 Bangkok Post,At present, levies collected from the sales of petrol are 3.46 baht per litre for premium gasoline, 3.26 baht for regular gasoline, 0.60 baht for gasohol Questions hang over launch of eco-cars - Jul 29, 2007 Bangkok Post,The available E10 gasohol and the upcoming B2 bio-diesel to be made as mandatory replacement of conventional diesel next April could further complicate THESE SO CALLED "GREEN FUELS" PAINT BLEAK ECONOMIC PICTURE - Aug 11, 2007 Coastweek,Ethanol is sometimes blended with gasoline to produce bio gasoline or gasohol. In very pure forms, ethanol can be used as an alternative to gasoline in Ethanol plant would be good neighbor - Aug 9, 2007 Newton Kansan,I’ve been using gasohol, when available, for almost three decades. I’ve documented to my satisfaction a 3 percent improvement in mileage. From the Global Classroom - Aug 8, 2007 Orangeville Citizen,..."Recent publicity of 'gasohol' and on-farm production of alcohol fuels' programs in the United States has many Canadian farmers considering the possibility Get the latest news - Aug 2, 2007 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Remember gasohol? Ask any mechanic when was the last time they changed a fuel tank due to corrosion or leaks. They will probably answer in the 70s or 80s. PE exporting ethanol-friendly motor engines - Aug 1, 2007 The Herald Eastern Cape,...“This engine, which powers the Ford Fiesta in South America, allows the use of any combination of gasohol (25% alcohol), petrol and alcohol (hydrated The Spirit of St. Louis - Jul 27, 2007 Ethanol Producer Magazine,..."We drove those gasohol cars and tried to get things moving back in the early '70s and even before that. [We] couldn't get it done because the 20th century At least we can count on the Cubs - to lose - Apr 12, 2007 DesMoinesRegister.com,Gasoline morphs into gasohol. A woman may become president of the United States. It is comforting to know that in our ever-changing, ever-faster world, Gasohol price now B2.50 below gasoline - Mar 16, 2007 Bangkok Post,Retail prices of gasohol are now even cheaper than gasoline after levies from sales of regular and premium grades of the fuel for the state oil fund were Ethanol firms stuck with surplus - Apr 6, 2007 Bangkok Post,Local ethanol producers have failed to persuade the Energy Ministry to replace all octane 95 gasoline with gasohol 95, a 10% ethanol-mixed gasoline, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: In search of bad news - Apr 10, 2007 Florida Times-Union,It takes a creative mind to see the development of "gasohol" as a bad thing. After all, the fuel - a blend of gasoline and corn-based ethanol - lowers Gasohol usage on cars with carburettor shows no negative results - Mar 16, 2007 ThaisNews,The Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE) says the test of gasohol usage on cars with carburettor is successful as no stains NEPC cuts contribution rate to Oil Fund - Mar 16, 2007 Nation Multimedia,The National Energy Policy Council Friday cut the required contribution from gasohol sales to the Oil Fund from Bt1.50 to Bt1 per litre. What's hot with Ford: 28th Bangkok International Motor Show - Apr 3, 2007 AutoCorse.it,Ford Focus is the market-first passenger car that can run on gasohol with up to 20% mix of ethanol without additional engine modification. All oil prices will be raised by 40 satang per liter tomorrow - Apr 3, 2007 ThaisNews,Gasohol 95 will be priced at 25.89 baht per liter and Gasohol 91 will be at 25.59 baht per liter. As for diesel, one liter will be at 24.54 baht. Japan: Biofuel safe to transport and store, says METI - Mar 15, 2007 Automotive World (subscription),During the year of testing, gasohol made in Kanagawa Prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo was transported by truck to six locations nationwide where it was Oil prices to rise over US-Iran tensions - Mar 19, 2007 Nation Multimedia,As petrol prices have escalated, gasohol consumption has also risen, due to the lower contribution to the Oil Fund, says Eppo. In January and February, Minister of Energy declares government prepared for rising oil prices - Mar 28, 2007 ThaisNews,Mr. Piyasawat said that alternative fuels, such as gasohol 95, would have to be promoted. The Minister of Energy added that a conclusion would be reached on Driving the Future - Apr 11, 2007 LA City Beat,The low-pollution flavors of the year seem to be biodiesel and “E85 ethanol� – formerly known as gasohol – each containing a minor fraction of either Government's push to use ethanol is merely a fascist ruse - Apr 10, 2007 Greeley Tribune,...for every gallon of ethanol used as an oxygenate or to produce "gasohol," which is a blend of ethanol and gasoline ranging from 5 percent to 85 percent. Persian Gulf tensions shift focus to NGV - Apr 8, 2007 Bangkok Post,The ministry hopes to increase production of NGV, gasohol and bio-diesel to at least 10% of total fuel consumption. It will also launch a campaign to boost Petrol stations suffering - Apr 2, 2007 Bangkok Post,He added that some drivers in the provinces were shifting to lower-cost alternative fuels, including gasohol, natural gas for vehicles (NGV), and liquefied BRAZIL-US: A Giant Shadow Over Ethanol Politics - Apr 2, 2007 Inter Press Service (subscription),The rest are powered by gasohol, petrol containing 23 percent alcohol. Ethanol production, however, has its costs, and is largely associated with heavy TIDES OF COMMERCE: Nonalcoholic gas available on Oahu, Big Island - Apr 2, 2007 Maui News,The alcohol in gasohol attracts water, which can cause problems in engines. It doesn’t matter much in automobiles and other road vehicles that are used Thailand looks to deadly nuts for biofuel - Mar 28, 2007 The News - International,Hundreds of gas stations in Bangkok already sell gasohol that is 10 per cent ethanol and slightly cheaper than regular gas. With global oil prices unlikely Classic Cars Don't Drink Ethanol - Mar 27, 2007 EV World (subscription),I've noted similar MPG reductions in every single car I've ever tested E10 in since 1979 (when it was called "gasohol"). The other “interesting� fact about Work out, pig out - Mar 25, 2007 Bismarck Tribune,The refund is for gasoline or gasohol taxes paid on 2006 purchases, and the deadline for applying for the refund is June 30. For each refund requested, Sideways action in Thailand - Mar 23, 2007 Bangkok Post,However, more recently, we and Bangchak - our fuel partner - have experimented gasohol on our rally cars, although this is still in the development stage. Post office renamed to honor former US Rep. - Mar 20, 2007 Kansas City Kansan,...supporter of America’s space exploration program and an advocate of research into alternative energy sources such as “gasohol� and solar and wind power. BRAZIL'S ALCOHOL-POWERED IMPORTS! - Mar 20, 2007 Mother Earth News,This problem exists primarily because most fuel alcohol produced today is used in the blending of gasohol, and thus must be of 200-proof quality ... there Combating ideologies with wrong weapons - Mar 18, 2007 ABS CBN News,Gasohol from sugar cane hasn’t picked up too because car owners wrongly think it’s unsafe. Wait till they try out the fuel-saving and engine-boosting News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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