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US
/ˈɡæsəˌhɔɫ/
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[ UK /ɡˈæsəʊhˌɒl/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈæsəʊhˌɒl/ ]
NOUN
- a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn
How To Use gasohol In A Sentence
- The energy minister also said gasohol sales had increased seven times from that of January.
- An alternative increasingly being used is ethanol, which has an octane rating of 108 or 110; gasoline with 10 percent ethanol is marketed as gasohol .
- The government has been trying to promote gasohol as an alternative fuel to reduce the country's reliance on imported fossil fuels.
- 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 Natural Gas Revolution
- 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
- 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. Ethanol Subsidy Support Running On Empty
- In the United States, the use of alcohol in gasoline-ethanol mixtures, known as "gasohol," is subsidized. Chapter 3
- 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
- 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. Ethanol Subsidy Support Running On Empty
- Itis a form of alcohol, C2H5OH, found in alcoholic beverages and also used as an additive in gasoline to produce gasohol. Ethanol