FUEL ECONOMY
4 The British Association Committee appointed in 1916 to consider the vital question of fuel economy has issued its third report. Successful experiments in the production of fuel alcolml at a British ironworks ore mentioned. Tho alcohol was produced from coke oven gas, and the experiments show that over one and mi half gallons of absolute alcohol could bo recovered for every tou of coke. On this scale tho coke ovens of Great Britain to he ablo to produce twenty-four /mUioii gallons of absolute alcohol every vear. Alcohol has proved satisfactory for driving motor-cars, especially when it is mixed with benzol.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 43, 15 November 1920, Page 5
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103FUEL ECONOMY Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 43, 15 November 1920, Page 5
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