The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 448
But I just came across a new "person of interest," as
the law enforcement authorities say; well, new to me
at least. This person is Bernard L. Weinstein. I think he
may be the most heavily credentialed of the oil industry
spokespeople that I've ever seen. You can do your
own Google search, but when I tell you that this guy's
academic credentials are impressive, I mean that they
are knock-down drop-dead out-of-the-universe impressive.
The problem is, I don't think he knows what he's talking Bernard L. Weinstein
about when it comes to ethanol, alt fuels, and energy...at least as far as I can judge from reading an article he wrote for Investor's
Business Daily in August 2016. The title of his article is "It's Time To Rethink
The Ethanol Mandate." This, of course, is how I arrived at the title to this article,
as indicated at the top. (Doc Weinstein's story can be found at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-time-to-rethink-the-ethanol-mandate)
As with the articles written by the other five "doctors" that I mentioned a couple
of paragraphs ago, Mr. Weinstein's article is very troubling. It's troubling to me
as a true business expert and automotive chronicler; it's troubling to our country
as we try to free ourselves from foreign oil domination and right our sinking
economic ship, and it should be very troubling to the academic institutions that
he works for.
Least among the troubles are those I feel. Since I know the truth about the
issues he addresses, I am only troubled because of patriotism. I can always
ease my suffering by writing an exposé like this and burying my sorrow in a
chilled delicious glass of Yankee-rita (a margarita made with corn alcohol instead of tequila). Our country and Mr. Weinstein's academic institutions truly
have something to worry about.
If our country follows the "philosophies" set forth in Weinstein's IBD story then
we will be kept chained to foreign oil, grow our national debt, and continue to
allow the oil industry to force poison down our throats...and I'm not just talking
about figurative poison, I mean real deadly poison.
For the institutions that Mr. Weinstein is aligned with, they have a charlatan onstaff. I understand that he wouldn't be the first person rich-in-academic-degrees, but poor-in-practical-experience to grace the halls of educational edifices, however, what it ultimately says about those schools is that their courses
are not worth the paper their degrees are printed on.
