GASOHOL - Revision history

Randylyon at 00:50, 27 February 2010

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	Gasohol then sold for three cents more than lead-free gasoline and four cents more than regular.		Gasohol then sold for three cents more than lead-free gasoline and four cents more than regular.

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Randylyon at 03:17, 15 August 2008

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	GASOHOL. A fuel mixture of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent corn alcohol. First sold in the 1930s and ~~194Os~~, gasohol was not given the opportunity to prove its potential when gasoline was considered economical and available.		GASOHOL. A fuel mixture of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent corn alcohol. First sold in the 1930s and 1940s, gasohol was not given the opportunity to prove its potential when gasoline was considered economical and available.

	The Beecher Service Station on Asbury Road in Dubuque was the first local station to receive the fuel on February 22, 1979. The next morning a bright yellow 'We've Got Gasohol’ sign announced its availability. Molo Oil Company, the gas supplier of Beecher, converted an old home heating oil tank into a storage container for 200 proof alcohol and mixed it directly into trucks full of gasoline.		The Beecher Service Station on Asbury Road in Dubuque was the first local station to receive the fuel on February 22, 1979. The next morning a bright yellow 'We've Got Gasohol’ sign announced its availability. Molo Oil Company, the gas supplier of Beecher, converted an old home heating oil tank into a storage container for 200 proof alcohol and mixed it directly into trucks full of gasoline.

	Gasohol then sold for three cents more than lead-free gasoline and four cents more than regular.		Gasohol then sold for three cents more than lead-free gasoline and four cents more than regular.

Randylyon: New page: GASOHOL. A fuel mixture of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent corn alcohol. First sold in the 1930s and 194Os, gasohol was not given the opportunity to prove its potential when gasoline wa...

2008-07-20T22:01:02Z

New page: GASOHOL. A fuel mixture of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent corn alcohol. First sold in the 1930s and 194Os, gasohol was not given the opportunity to prove its potential when gasoline wa...

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GASOHOL. A fuel mixture of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent corn alcohol. First sold in the 1930s and 194Os, gasohol was not given the opportunity to prove its potential when gasoline was considered economical and available.

The Beecher Service Station on Asbury Road in Dubuque was the first local station to receive the fuel on February 22, 1979. The next morning a bright yellow 'We've Got Gasohol’ sign announced its availability. Molo Oil Company, the gas supplier of Beecher, converted an old home heating oil tank into a storage container for 200 proof alcohol and mixed it directly into trucks full of gasoline.

Gasohol then sold for three cents more than lead-free gasoline and four cents more than regular.