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that without ILUC included, ethanol reduces GHG emissions by 57 percent
compared to gasoline.
When Daniel De La Torre Ugarte issued his report this past May, The Auto
Channel (along with several others) took him to task for his oil industry paid-for
conclusions.
As for C. Ford Runge, he tried hitting the whole litany of oil industry created lies
about ethanol. And he even quoted Emily Cassidy from the Environmental
Working Group as an informational resource. I don't think Ms. Cassidy and the
entire EWG could find their way out of a paper bag that has an opening at both
ends. However, in reading Mr. Runge's article it's clear that all he did to collect
his bounty from the oil industry was to restate the same old tired and well-refuted oil industry lies.
Here's what I'd like to know: When C. Ford Runge is called a "distinguished
professor," does that really mean that he's distinguished (apart) from those professors who actually know what they're talking about?
The oil industry's tutelage of professors makes a mockery of academia. But why
should the oil industry care if they ultimately ruin the honor and prestige of the
professors they're buying, after all, they are perfectly willing to sacrifice the lives
of millions of soldiers, sailors and airmen to protect their filthy empire.
Two of the very interesting things about all of the oil industry's machinations to
defame ethanol are, first, that next-generation automobile engines will require
fuels with greater octane levels than E10 can provide. The engines will need
E20, E30, E40, and so on. The only alternative is to increase the amount of
benzene/toluene, which is too costly and too dangerous. So ultimately the oil
industry will probably start buying up ethanol distilleries so that they can keep
the profits. Won't it be funny to see how the oil industry changes its tune on
ethanol?
The second thing is that many of the same cars and boats sold in America are
also sold in countries like Brazil and Thailand, and they have significantly higher
minimum ethanol blend mandates than the U.S. These cars and boats all work
fine. This means that the warnings and warranty restrictions currently given by
OEMs in America are nonsense.
