WHO TO CONTACT?
Contact the following agencies and organizations for more information about ethanol
and other alternative energy sources. If possible, please check the Internet web
sites before your inquiry. If you choose to contact these sources by telephone, be
prepared to "press the appropriate buttons" as you work through their communications
systems. Specific questions will yield more complete results and answers.
American Coalition for Ethanol, PO Box 85102, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, (605) 334-3381
Clean Fuels Foundation, 1730 K St. NW, Suite 304, Washington, DC 20006,
(202) 508-3887, e-mail: all@cleanfuels.org
Downstream Alternatives, PO Box 190. Bremen, IN 46506, Auto Technicians Manual $2.50
Economic Research Service / Room 2132, USDA, 1800 M Street, Washington, DC 20036,
(202) 694-5021
Iowa Corn Promotion Board, 1200 35th Street #306, West Des Moines, IA 50266,
(515) 225-9242, Video for loan - "Adding value to Iowa's future".
Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Wallace Bldg. 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA
50319, (515) 281-8518 or (515) 281-5918
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, 3118 Emerald Lane, Suite 100, Jefferson City, MO
65109, (877) 485-8595 toll-free, e-mail: nevc@E85fuel.com Flexible Fuel
Vehicle information
Northwest Iowa Community College, Business & Industry Center, 603 W. Park, Sheldon,
IA 51201, (712) 324-5061 Additional information on ethanol surveys of
automotive and non-automotive dealers and technicians in Iowa.
Office of Renewable Fuels, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship,
Wallace Building, Des Moines, IA 50319, (515) 281-6936. Contact Pat
Paustian for booklets and videos on "Adding Value to Iowa's Agriculture
Commodities". (An 8 minute video describing the benefits of using
ethanol in your car was distributed to all drivers' education instructors
in the fall of 1997.)
Renewable Fuels Association, Suite 820, One Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC
20002, (202) 289-3835, e-mail: ethrfa@erols.com Provides publications
on alternative energy sources including ethanol.
INTERNET WEB SITES
American Coalition for Ethanol www.ethanol.org
American Bioenergy Association www.biomass.org
Canadian Renewable Fuels Foundation www.greenfuels.org
Clean Fuels Foundation www.cleanfuels.org
Clean Fuels Development Coalition www.cleanfuelsdc.org
Energy Conservation Enhancement Project ecep1.louisiana.edu/ecep/ecep.htm
Energy Information Administration www.eia.doe.gov
Governors' Ethanol Coalition www.ethanol-gec.org
Iowa Corn Growers Association www.iowacorn.org
Iowa Department of Natural Resources www.state.is.us/dnr/energy/programs
Journey to Forever journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html
Kentucky Corn Growers' Association www.kycorn.org
Minnesota Corn Growers Association www.mncorn.org
National Corn Growers Association www.ncga.com
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition www.e85fuel.com
Nebraska Ethanol Board ethanol.state.ne.us
Renewable Fuels Association www.ethanolrfa.org
Sustainable Minnesota Biofuels www.me3.org/issues/ethanol
Resources
U.S. Dept. of Energy, www.afdc.nrel.gov
Alternative Fuels Data Center
REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL READING
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"Assessing Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels," A briefing paper prepared by the Union of
Concerned Scientists, Jan. 1993.
Bechtold, Richard L. "Alternative Fuels Guidebook: properties, storage, dispensing,
and vehicle facility modifications," 1997.
Bolson, J. " Gasoline of the Future," Mother Earth News, April 1996.
Cogan, R. "The Ethanol Fleet," Popular Science, Oct. 1997.
"Changes in Gasoline III, The Automotive Technician's Gasoline Quality Guide,"
Downstream Alternatives, 1996.
"Changes in Gasoline III - Year 2000 Supplemental Update," Downstream Alternatives,
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"Connecting the pieces of a growing Iowa ethanol industry," Proceedings from
a one-day conference and five regional seminars, Iowa State University, May 1995.
Dunne, J. "A Ford in your Future," Popular Mechanics, 3-1-96.
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Governor's Conference, Feb. 1997.
"Everything you wanted to know about Ethanol but were afraid to Ask," Iowa Corn
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"85% Ethanol, An Alternative Fuel Concept for the Future," Iowa Corn Promotion
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"Ethanol Promotion," Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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"Ethanol Fact Book," Clean Fuels Development Coaliton, 2001.
Fuel Ethanol "Special Studies," A series of six reports produced by Energetics,
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Hardin, B., "Improving ethanol yield from Corn," Agricultural Research, 10-1-96.
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Ethanol?" The Institute for Local Self Reliance, Aug. 1995.
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Iowa Farmer Today, The Gazette Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Nissen, T., "Ford launches Flexible Fuel Vehicle Program," Reuters Business
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Nussle J., "Help Fuel Independence," USA Today, 6-19-97.
Tatina, R., "Apparatus and Experimental Design for Measuring Fermentation
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"Use of Oxygenated Gasoline in Lawn & Garden Power Equipment, Motorcycles,
Boats, & Recreational Equipment," Downstream Alternatives, Nov. 1994.
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