The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 556
Coincidentally, this Robert (Rapier) has used some of my writing about CNG on
his blog for the past few years to explain why there is such a high cost to convert
existing gasoline-powered engines to CNG in the United States. I’ve gotten to
know Robert Rapier better in the past year because The Auto Channel has
been featuring some of his videos on our broadcast TV network. In my personal
conversations with Robert, he’s told me quite a bit about his strong support for
ethanol and how he feels his advocacy has been misunderstood by some because he worked for several years in the oil industry. When he sent me his
latest video on ethanol he included the following comment: “If Midwestern governors would follow my suggestions, the entire Midwest could be energy independent.” The suggestions he makes in the video pertain, of course, to ethanol,
and the energy independence he refers to is becoming independent from oil
(gasoline). He makes it clear that he supports the Renewable Fuel Standard
(RFS) and the use of American farmers to grow crops from which ethanol can
be produced.
The significance in my telling you this is that Robert Rapier’s position, as you
will learn, is patently different than Robert Bryce’s abhorrence to ethanol and
other alternative fuel solutions as he sets forth in GUSHER OF LIES. So you
can understand my amusement over the juxtaposed use of the R-Squared Energy Blog testimonial that leads off the book. Click on the video window just
below if you would like to watch Robert Rapier’s video.
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