The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 300
Bob and I have studied the issue of alternative fuels and energy and we've
become very enthusiastic supporters of all the technologies. We like CNG, we
like propane, we like algae biofuels, we like electric, we like wind energy and
solar energy, and we even like the concept of powering vehicles with compressed air. But most of all, we like ethanol. Why? Because ethanol can be
used right now, anywhere in the U.S., and by most vehicles without any engine
conversions. Virtually every fuel-injected automobile can use e10, e15, e20,
e30, and e50 without conversions and without being official flex-fuel vehicles.
Some can even use e85. And with an inexpensive, easy-to-install device every
fuel-injected vehicle could use up to 99.9% alcohol (e100). Best of all, you can
make alcohol fuel right in your own kitchen, garage, basement or backyard. You
can’t do that with any other alt-fuel.
In discussions about alternative fuels, it is often said that there is no "Magic
Bullet" and that a variety of solutions will have to be used to replace gasoline.
Bob and I disagree with this philosophy. We think that one alt-fuel could become
a primary replacement for gasoline, and that alt-fuel is alcohol (ethanol). Keep
in mind that gasoline was never the only engine fuel in use over the past 80
years; diesel was required for powering large vehicles and equipment. And for
these machines, something other than a straight alcohol or alcohol-gasoline
blend would be required. But all standard gasoline-powered vehicles could use
just one fuel, alcohol: Domestically produced, environmentally friendly, terrorist
free, and much more economical than gasoline.
To be sure, there are many questions surrounding ethanol, but the point of this
story is to tell you about our fight to overcome the lies and misconceptions about
ethanol that are promulgated by the oil and gasoline industries.
Well, in response to the stories and video we received a couple of emails challenging the information we presented. The challenges were based upon information contained in two other videos on YouTube that are anti-ethanol. One
video contains comments made by David Fridley, a scientist at the LawrenceLivermore Laboratory in Northern California, and the other was a John Stossel
story that featured Jerry Taylor, a Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute in Washington, DC. These two videos can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeVT7jMYZlo&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QQcP_Y1II.
The information contained in these two videos are lies and/or gross misconceptions; the lies and misconceptions that were invented and circulated by people
working for the oil and gasoline industries. These untruths are supported by the
