The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 369
Why Is Jay Leno Misrepresenting Ethanol?
Originally published March 9, 2015
There are two things that everyone knows about Jay Leno: He's a great comedian, and he's a seriously great automobile enthusiast. Generally, when you
become great at something you learn a lot about that subject; even if you don't
want to learn about the subject, and you just want to be good at engaging in the
activity, it's virtually impossible to not become a great student of the history and
mechanics of that subject.
I have no doubt that Jay is a master of comedy history, along with the mechanics of what is funny and why it's funny.
I've watched enough video of Jay and his vehicles to believe that he is equally
a master when it comes to knowing about his vehicles and the history of how
they were designed. I also know that Jay has been a proponent of alternative
fuels and advanced technologies. In fact, we even have a few dozen stories
and videos of Jay on The Auto Channel website that feature him discussing
these things.
• SEE: Jay Leno on The Auto Channel
I'm also aware of at least two other media pieces done by, or with, Jay in which
he enthusiastically discusses his E85-powered 2006 Corvette. (One piece was
a Popular Mechanics text story published in 2008, the other was a video produced in Las Vegas at SEMA 2007.)
