You Know You’re Getting Close To The Truth When People Start Lying…
I’ve heard some absurd things in my life, but when OPEC tried to take the position that domestic Ethanol production was increasing the price of gas, I had to laugh.
Fortunately it isn’t just me. The World BioFuels Industry has published an open letter refuting the claims made by OPEC.
You can read an article on the subject on GoodFuels here: www.goodfuels.org/opec
Wait, Ethanol is Good?!
A blog I’ve started reading lately has this post about Ethanol called, The Case for Ethanol.
It’s interesting to get this perspective because it flies in the face of a lot of what you see in the news (a point the author makes in his article).
For example, everywhere you read about ethanol, they always say it takes more energy to make ethanol that it produces. This author says its actually the other way around. He uses the analogy of comparing the fuel efficiency of an old Mercedes (which represent the methods of making ethanol in the 1970’s) to the efficiency of a modern Prius (the methods utilized today).
His point is that the people who are saying ethanol is too inefficient are using data from the 1970s.
If you like the idea of developing Ethanol, then you might want to sign the petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/declare-july-4th-energy-independence-day.
