Use of Alcohol from Farm Products in Motor Fuel

Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and Bureau of Agricultural Engineering

No 358857, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] Summary --- Behavior of Alcohol-Gasoline Fuels (Performance Tests) --- Effect of Water on the Stability and Utility of Alcohol-Gasoline Blends --- The Effect on Volatility of the Addition of Alcohol to Gasoline --- Chemical and Technological Phases of the Production of Alcohol Motor Fuel from Farm Products --- Processes for Producing Alcohol from Agricultural Products (Starchy Materials – Saccharine Materials – Dehydration of Alcohol) --- Yields of Alcohol and Cost of Manufacture from Different Agricultural Products --- The Cost of Distributing Alcohol --- The Cost of an Alcohol-Gasoline Blend --- Manufacturing Plant Capacity --- Supplies of Raw Materials for Alcohol --- Effects Upon Agriculture in General --- Cost to Consumers --- Effects on Employment and Business --- Effect of Substitution of Alcohol on the Oil Industry --- Motor Fuel Use of Alcohol in Foreign Countries --- Taxation as a Means of Inducing the Use of Alcohol in Motor Fuel (Reducing Tax on Blended Fuel – Additional Tax on Nonalcohol Fuel – Effect of Increased Tax on Fuel Consumption – Advantages of a Flexible Blend) --- Appendix – Decline in the Number of Horses and Mules and Its Effect on the Utilization of Feed Crops.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62
Date: 1933-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358857

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