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r He said the group was a
non-profit, non-stock
association supported only
by people interested in the
gasohol movement.
Membership in the State
Gasohol Commission will be
solicited at $25 dues per
year.
According to Myron
Reaman, Chief Executive
Officer of the National
Gasohol Commission, the
Pennsylvania group is
eligible for membership in
the National Commission
upon payment of a $5OOO
assessment.
The state dues go to the
National Commission which
uses the money to publicise
local and national projects
concerning gasohol.
Four state board members
have been named. They
include Reynolds; Morton
Fry; E. Kendall Pye, a
University of Pennsylvania
biochemist; and Robert
Ryan, a Certified Public
Accountant from Pittsburgh.
The State, Gasohol Com
mission seeks to develop,
accumulate, and
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disseminate information
concerning all aspects of
research, development, new
technology, financing and
other subjects related to the
production of alcohol for
fuel.
It also plans to promote
and encourage the
production of alcohol as a
renewable agn-f uel.
The Commission said it
plans to explore, analyze and
coordinate Federal and
State legislative and ad
ministrative policies,
programs and procedures to
maximize the use of gasohol.
The Commission lists the
following goals: total energy
self-sufficiency for the state
of Pennsylvania; a stable
supply and price for
automotive and home
heating fuels; stimulation of
the job market m the state
through construction and
operation of new alcohol
facilities and increased
agricultural employment.
The Commission also said
it seeks to raise the level of
farm economy by using idle
farmland taken out of
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The Commission said the
land would be used for
production of biomass to be
used in the alcohol plants.
The Commission said it
hopes to coordinate in
formation concerning
availability, production and
managment of biomass.
They said they hope
Pennsylvania will serve as a
blueprint for the nation.
They said they hope to lead
the nation into an economic
revolution by using 100
percent alcohol fuel for all
transportation.
To this end a 13 member
Board of Directors will be
formed. The state has been
divided mto nine regions.
One representative from
each of the nine regions will
sit on the Board. In addition,
the president, vice
president, secretary and a
treasurer will brmg'the total
to 13. '
The Southeastern part of
the state, including Lan
caster, Lebanon, Berks,
Chester and counties to the
East ism Region IX.
Region VHI includes the
South-central counties from
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York to Bedfoi a and North to
Cumberland.
Region VII is the South
western comer of the state.
Region VI is the East-central
counties, including Lehigh,
Northampton and up, to
Luzerne and Pike.
Region IV is the West
central area, with 111 being
the Northeastern comer of
the state, II the Northern
tier, and I the Northwestern
comer.
The Commission said it
hopes to form several
boards, including an
Executive Board to be
composed of the officers and
three to five members of the
Commission.
There will be a number of
committees, including a
funds raising group.
This group will be charged
with getting money from a
major source such as the.
Federal Department of
Energy, Mellon Foundation,
the Agriculture Department,
or a major corporation like
Westinghouse or Alcoa.
In addition they will solicit
dues from members and
counties.
There will be a political
arm committee which will
seek the necessary
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legislation to make gasohol a
viable concept through
reducing legal hassles and
obtaining favorable laws.
An organizational com
mittee will organize the local
regions. Each of these local
regions will elect one
member to the State Com
mission’s board.
There also will be a
technical committee, ad
vertising committee, and a
state convention committee.
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EPHRATA Farmers
were reassured Thursday
afternoon that the State of
Pennsylvania is firmly
committed to looking for
alternative sources of fuel.
And they were given a
tankful of statistics which
promise a bright future for
gasohol.
The alcohol farm field day
was held at the farm of Miles
and Morton Fry near
Ephrata. About 400 farmers,
government officials,
curiosity seekers, and
businessmen attended the
meeting.
Darnel K. Cook, Penn
sylvania undersecretary of
agriculture, represented
Governor Richard Thorn
burgh before the audience.
Cook said the state’s
ethanol task force is looking
at all alternatives from
small stills to 20 million
gallon commercial plants.
He said the Governor
believes the coming of
ethanol will mean jobs for
Pennsylvanians and new
markets for farmers.
He said farmers may see
new crops come into the area
crops like sugar beets for
ethanol.
He said hybrid poplar
could be used to reclaim
worthless coal spoils and
turn land lost to non
renewable fossil fuel
production into land which
could be planted to
renewable energy sources.
By far the greatest amount
of technical information
came from University of
Pennsylvania biochemist E.
Kendall Pye.
Pye told farmers gasohol
production with trees could
earn them a bigger net
return than com production.
He said a 100 bushel com
crop, which yields 260 to 280
gallons of alcohol, can gross
a farmer $3OO an acre if sold
at $3 a bushel.
He said hybrid poplars,
yielding 15 tons dry
material, could give a $340
per acre gross income and
would produce about 1800
gallons alcohol per year.
Pye shot down charges
that gasohol production is
inefficient.
He cited a study by Ar
cher, Daniels, Midland, a
Midwestern firm, which
shows a positive net energy
output with ethanol.
He said the technology for
using com is available right
now. He noted General
Motors, Ford, and Chrysler
all honored warranties for
cars driven with gasohol as
fuel.
“Right at this moment we
can produce ethanol from
excess or distressed grain or
on poor lands,” he said.
This should increase
farmers’ mcome, Pye said.
They will seek to gather
uilormation, gam pubhcity
for the group’s work, and run
a state convention.
The first convention
tentatively is scheduled to be •
held in Harrisburg during
the summer of 1980.
Persons interested in more
information on the State
Gasohol Commission, Inc.
can write 606 Island Avenue,
McKees Rocks, PA 15136, or
call 412/771-2614 for details.
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He said he calculated that
10 percent of the land of the
United States could produce
all of the automotive and
diesel fuel used m the
country.
Pye said there was no need
to dry either corn or wood
chips unless they had to be
stored. Both would make an
efficient source of gasohol
for the nation’s use.
He said use of gasohol
could reduce our fossil fuel
consumption by about 50
percent.
He said the big oil com
panies are in the gasohol act
for the first-time.
Four years ago when he
started a project with
General Electric and the
University of Pennsylvania,
the major oil firms showed
no interest in gasohol.
Within the last six months,
he said, the oil companies
have been test marketing
gasohol nationwide and
Texaco has started an ad
vertising campaign to
promote it.
Edmund Reynolds, the
Chairman of the State
Gasohol Commission, said
the U.S. Department of
Energy wants the United
States to reduce by 10 per
cent per year its use of
leaded fuels.
He said, “We are doing our
best to meet this goal by
using gasohol fuel.”
Rene F. Loser, Chief
Executive Officer of
Chemapec, Inc., a New York
based manufacturer of
distilling equipment, gave
an overview of gasohol in
stallations in other parts of
the world.
While his talk was aimed
at large commercial outlets,
he did cite several statistics
of interest to the small
operator.
For instance, he said corn
is the most attractive fuel
currently available since the
protein content of the grain
can be kept and used after
the starch is removed and
used for fuel.
He said the com meal
resulting after distillation of
com grain contains 60
percent protein.
Because much of the bulk
is removed in the process of
producing anhydrous
alcohol, the resulting feed is
easier to ship.
The material is high in a
number of vitamins, in
cluding Vitamin B, making it
an ideal feed for poultry.
Loser said a commercial
plant must be producing 10
million to 20 million gallons
anhydrous alcohol per year
to be profitable.
He said the investment for
such a plant would be betwen
$3O million and $5O million. "A
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