FEDERAL METHANOL FLEET STATUS, JANUARY 1986

This report presents the status of the Federal Methanol Fleet Project as of January 1986. A methanol fleet was established on November 1, 1985, at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in Berkeley, California. Phase I activities of the Army Methanol-Fueled Administrative Vehicle Program, involving four security vehicles at the Presidio in San Francisco, have been completed; and Phase II, in which 24 vehicles will be used at Fort Ord, California, is well underway. House bill H.R. 3355 has been introduced to promote greater use of methanol as a transportation fuel. It has been proposed that methanol is the best solution to the US oil import vulnerability. (ERA citation 11:034258)

• Corporate Authors:

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  P. O. Box 2008
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831
• Publication Date: 1986-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Fleet management; Methanol; Military transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fleets
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00464445
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ORNL/TM-10009
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1987 12:00AM