Replacement Motor Fuels and Oil Pricing Controls Extension Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Replacement Motor Fuels and Oil Pricing Controls Extension Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to promote the development and use of replacement fuels in the United States for the purpose of replacing gasoline used as a motor fuel. Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation, Commerce and other appropriate agencies, to conduct a study to determine: (1) the most suitable raw materials for the production of such replacement fuels, other than petroleum or natural gas; (2) the nature of the replacement fuels distribution systems and production processes; (3) the feasibility of using liquids extracted from oil shale and coal; and (4) the feasibility of reaching by the year 1990 a production goal for replacement fuels of 20 percent by volume of the projected consumption of gasoline used as a motor fuel. Directs the Secretary of Energy to set production goals for replacement fuels for each of calendar years 1981 through 1985, and establishes as a production goal for such fuels for years thereafter at ten percent by volume of projected U.S. gasoline consumption. Directs the Secretary to prescribe by r…