HC Deb 07 May 1980 vol 984 c117W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will take steps to support the increasing use of gasohol as a fuel of the internal combustion engine.

Mr. Gray

Using current technology, it requires almost as much energy to make ethyl alcohol from agricultural products as is contained in the alcohol made. Therefore, I do not consider it opportune to encourage its production in the United Kingdom in order to blend it with petrol to make gasohol.