POTATO PETROL
t % GROWTH OF CROPS FOR MOTOR > SPIRIT. The Alcohol Motor Fuel Committee, which was appointed by the Imperial Motor Transport Council to inquire into the question of using alcohol as a substitute for petrol, state In a preliminary report: "Coal-tar products have been proposed as substitutes for petrol, and there is no doubt as to their suitability. It does not appear justifiable to assume that substitutes of this kind will become available in sufficient quantities to afford any complete solution , of the prtiblem. “If this-be so. we are compelled to turn to alcohol as tbc only possible escape from the present difficulties. “In view of the importance of rendering the. British Empire independent of > fuel supplies from foreign countries, it should be noted that crops from which alcohol can be obtained might be cultivated with great benefit to the, agricultural community in many parts of the V Empire.” I It is suggested that prizes might be f offered for new methods of manufacture ' of methyl alcohol, the synthetic production of pyridine, or for other contributions' to the solution of the question. Alcohol can now be obtained from, among other sources, potatoes, beetroot, grain, peat, wood pulp.-sawdust, molas-
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Southland Times, Issue 17642, 4 May 1914, Page 6
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199POTATO PETROL Southland Times, Issue 17642, 4 May 1914, Page 6
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