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Publication Date: June 1979
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Milton R. Copulos
Research Area: Energy
Keywords: Energy and environment
Type: Report
Abstract:
In examining the extension of motor fuel stocks with alcohols distilled from grains, a couple of significant advantages become evident. First, and foremost, is the fact that alcohol fuels would be based in a domestic feedstock, and therefore not subject to the sudden interruption by foreign governments. Secondly, the adoption of an alcohol fuels program could provide the farm economy with a whole new market, helping to make the farmer self-sufficient, and, hopefully, eventually eliminating the need for farm subsidies.