gasohol
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- n a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn
- Moreover, gasohol could, if it replaced gasoline as a standard fuel, cut perhaps as much as 10% from the nation's oil-import bill, which last year reached a staggering $40 billion.
- Last year he started a firm that markets gasohol equipment for farmers.
- Among possible substitutes: methanol, a high-octane alcohol derived from wood; ethanol, or "gasohol," a blend of gasoline and grain alcohol; and compressed natural gas.