The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 439
The Case Against Ethanol Opponents:
They Are Simply Incorrect
Originally published August 28, 2016
I can't say for sure, since I haven't done a count and compared it to a calendar,
but it seems to me that the American oil industry has been ramping up its attacks on ethanol and trying to gain ground by adding in more high-powered
lapdogs to press their fallacious arguments. These minions come from universities and think-tanks (what I like to call stink-tanks).
Of course, it could just be my impression based upon my own current amped
up attention to the attacks. And the reason my attention may be at a peak level
is because of the events I've participated in over the past four months. I've just
returned to the U.S. from a very exciting and informative trip to Australia. The
purpose of my visit was to speak at the Australian National Biofuels Symposium, at which I'm very honored to say that I was one of the keynote speakers
within a program that featured many extremely knowledgeable professionals.
A quick aside: this was my first time in Australia. Although I was only in the Brisbane area, from what I saw it is a beautiful, fantastic country.
Prior to Australia, I was one of the speakers at a Congressional Briefing in
Washington. I was one of four panel members at a morning session, and then
I participated in several one-on-one personal meetings during the day. Prior to
the Washington event, I was asked by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and
the Grains Council to speak at an APEC (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation)
Biofuels conference in Taiwan.
One of the basic errors that the gasoline lapdogs make is that they act as if
gasoline and petroleum diesel were some type of healthful elixir, and that in
attempting to insert ethanol fuels into the market that the perfumed life-giving
