The Rural Voice, 1988-04, Page 44CULROSS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
EST. 1871
Teeswater, Ontario
For quotations on FARM and HOME INSURANCE
contact the nearest Broker or Agent:
McDonagh Insurance Broker Ltd. 1-800-265-3013
Lucknow 528-3423
Teeswater 392-6200
Harold Fair, Kincardine
James G. Mair, Teeswater
Eric R. Thacker, R.R. 4, Kincardine
396-7082
392-6806
395-5829
For claims, contact your nearest
Director immediately or the company office:
Lloyd Hehn, R. R. 3, Walkerton
Ronald Hewitt, R. R. 2, Kincardine
Gerald Murray, Holyrood
David Grant, R. R. 1, Formosa
Randy Scott, R. R. 1, Wroxeter
Robert Ferris, R. R. 2, Cargill
COMPANY OFFICE
Teeswater 392-6260
392-6307
395-2774
395-5250
392-6635
392-6631
353-5365
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Over 100 Exhibits
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Chesley Community Centre
Tuesday, April 12
10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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363-2626
42 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
ETHANOL GAS IS A
HIT, UCO REPORTS
In October of last year, the United
Co-operatives of Ontario (UCO)
launched its newest innovation, Etha-
nol -Plus gasoline. The advantages of
ethanol gasoline have been known for
some time, but the UCO venture marked
the first time that the fuel was marketed
in Ontario.
Six months later, Reg Thompson,
district petroleum manager for UCO,
reports that Ethanol -Plus sales are
"exceeding all expectations."
The test program offers consumers
the new gasoline at UCO gas bars in
Guelph and Listowel. The first ship-
ment was sold in less than two weeks.
To date, the UCO has no plans to expand
to other retail outlets, but is considering
marketing the gasoline directly to farm-
ers for storage tanks.
The gasoline consists of a mininum
of 92 per cent gasoline and a maximum
of 3 per cent ethanol and 5 per cent
methanol. The ethanol is produced from
corn grown here in Ontario. The UCO
reports that if ethanol were to become a
component in all gas sold in Ontario,
961,000 tonnes of grain would be used
annually.
The program draws on the co-
operation of Alberta Gas Chemicals
Ltd., which is supplying the methanol,
St. Lawrence Starch Ltd., the ethanol
producer, and Sunoco Ltd., which is
supplying the gasoline.
The advantages of the new gasoline
are considerable: ethanol is a renewable
resource, its by-products are distillers'
grains and solubles which are valuable
feed supplements, and the product is
generally more environmentally sound
than regular gasoline.
Best of all for farmers, ethanol
means new markets for Ontario corn
growers.
In addition, reports the UCO, etha-
nol processing facilities could create an
estimated 7,750 new jobs.
Gas and alcohol mixes are common
south of the border , where fuel ethanol
was introduced in 1980. Today in the
U.S., 700 -million gallons of the fuel are
being produced. Americans, in fact, use
more ethanol in their cars than Canada
uses gasoline.°
Iris Brown