This morning, on the Thom Hartmann show on Air America, he rebroadcast an interview with a guy who has been trying to publicize alcohol as a fuel, since the early 80's.
You remember, the early 80's, when Reagan undid all the initial steps that Jimmy Carter started, to begin to end America's 'addiction to oil'? A time when there was budding interest in home-distilled alcohol fuels, like in this actual article, from 1980, for Christ's sake?
Over 25 years ago, when gas was cheap and there was no end in sight? When Iraq was our ally?
Anyway, the guy being interviewed wrote a book back then, and had prepared a multi-part TV series, which was actually broadcast on a local (San Francisco) PBS station. When oil company lawyers heard about plans to show it nationwide on PBS, they forced the book's publishers to stop printing, and the sseries has never been seen, since the original local airing.
The book is finally about to be released, all these years later. Here is the web site - I urge you to read the FAQ. The basic message is that alcohol as an auto fuel IS the solution that benefits everyone on earth who does not depend on Big Oil's dividends and largesse to support their opulent lifestyle.
Home-grown fuel - talk about democracy being on the march! Oh, by the way, alcohol-burning engines last longer, so Jiffy Lube is also threatened. Why this technology could be 'disruptive'.
God forbid.
Not.
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