HC Deb 18 May 1999 vol 331 c300W
Dr. Whitehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research his Department has conducted into the feasibility of adding a limited amount of alcohol to petrol as a method of reducing net carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles. [84318]

Mr. Battle

The Department of Trade and Industry co-funded the following paper study, which was published in 1996, with the Department of Transport, where alcohol-based products were studied for their potential use as alternative fuels in the UK to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions'Alternative Road Transport Fuels—A Preliminary Life-cycle Study for the UK' in two volumes, Energy Technology Support Unit (ISBN 0–11–5-5154–10–8 AND –11–515411–6).

Two other paper studies, wholly or partially funded by the Government, have also been published. These are: 'Alternative Fuels for Road Vehicles' by M. L. Poulton, Transport Research Laboratory 1994 (ISBN 1–85312–301–3/ISBN 56252–225–6); 'Automotive Fuels Survey 1996', a study in three volumes by the International Energy Authority.

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