China Daily: New push for alcohol fuels

An upcoming proposal by the United States Energy Security Council may help turn tens of millions of gas-burning cars on the roads into alcohol fuel-burners.

The council, a powerful organization comprised of former cabinet secretaries and corporate chiefs, will submit a plan on Oct 15 to the US government about a collaboration between the US, China and Brazil in the field of alcohol fuels, according to Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) and an advisor to the council.

The three countries - already major markets for alcohol fuels - should join forces to introduce open fuel standards which require automakers to make flexible fuel vehicles that can run on any combination of gasoline and alcohol, basically methanol and ethanol, Luft said.  MORE