The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 351
Oil Industry Stages Another Sham Anti-Ethanol
Press Conference
Oil industry delivering another batch of,
ummm, malarkey.
Originally published January 29, 2013
This morning, the American Petroleum Institute held their latest telephone press
conference in their continuous attempt to undermine any alternative fuel solutions and keep us addicted to gasoline.
The information released by the API today during the press conference added
nothing new or significant in their fallacious assault on ethanol…except one
thing. The two presenters took on the surprisingly conciliatory pretense of “having nothing against ethanol.” They went so far as to say that there are fine
“blending qualities” about ethanol.
They just don’t want it living in their neighborhood, so to speak.
API did what they have done for decades: they made up lies and insinuations,
and they mischaracterized ethanol. To listen to them, anyone would think that
vehicles that run on gasoline never experience any engine breakdowns or system failures, and that fuel pumps, fuel lines, pistons and cylinder walls only ever
