United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-12-13 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-41 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41 P0b002ee1803864c9 f:rc95041 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41 RCED-95-41 Energy consumption Alcohol fuels Petroleum industry Federal agencies Federal procurement Motor vehicles Petroleum prices Alternative energy sources Gasoline Fuel sales Letter Report RCED The total amount of gasohol used by the federal government remains unknown because agencies do not keep information on purchases by individual drivers, which account for about 54 percent of all motor fuel use. The remaining motor fuel is bought in bulk, and the percentage represented by gasohol has not increased significantly since 1981. GAO found that gasohol consumption by the federal fleet was 269 million gallons in fiscal year 1993. This amount would represent the upper limit of potential gasohol consumption if all vehicles used by federal agencies were refueled with gasohol during that year. If, instead, federal agencies bought gasohol at the same rate as the general public--7.1 percent of gasoline consumption--they would potentially use about 19 million gallons. Although federal agencies have tried to encourage the use of gasohol since 1991, several barriers still exist that limit purchases. The main impediment is that the price of gasohol is not competitive with the price of gasoline. Gasohol is also sometimes unavailable because of the small number of ethanol and gasohol suppliers in some locations. In addition, environmental regulations mandating the use of clean-burning fuels to reduce emissions may limit the use of gasohol in some areas or affect its supply and price in others. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41.pdf GAO/RCED-95-41 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-41 Letter Report GAO/RCED-95-41; Gasohol: Federal Agencies' Use of Gasohol Limited by High Prices and Other Factors; Energy consumption Alcohol fuels Petroleum industry Federal agencies Federal procurement Motor vehicles Petroleum prices Alternative energy sources Gasoline Fuel sales