The Alternative Motor Fuels Act Is Passed
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Laws, Acts, Legislation, Automobiles, Cars, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: October 14, 1988
Article abstract: The Alternative Motor Fuels Act encouraged automobile manufacturers to design and build cars that could burn alternative fuels such as methanol and ethanol.
Summary of Event
The Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-494) was passed both to reduce American dependence on foreign oil and to address automobile makers’ lack of interest in designing cars for nonexistent fuel and the fuel companies’ unwillingness to produce fuel for nonexistent cars. The legislation was intended to resolve the problem by giving incentives to...
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