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political and geographic changes from the war, I'm referring to the economic
and social changes that came with America's ascension to being the dominant
country of the world. America's economic might and generosity was much
needed. The price to receive America's generosity was to accept or be "receptive" to American technology and more of our way of life. One such example
was the television transmission system known as NTSC. Another was the nearglobal acceptance of leaded gasoline, which was still under the exclusive patents owned by Standard Oil, General Motors, and DuPont Chemical - all
"American owned" and the world's largest companies in their respective industries.
Despite Standard's and General Motors' collaboration with our enemies in the
great struggle (some call it treasonous), the world chose to ignore or forgive
what they did. Consciously or unconsciously, the world rewarded the leadedgasoline patent holders with billions and trillions of dollars, pounds, marks, yen,
pesos, lire, francs, gilders, and rupees by buying leaded gasoline.
So, coming full circle in a world that generally doesn't impose a prohibition on
the manufacturing and distribution of ethanol, and without outrageous excessive taxation, we can see that all five of the issues I listed above make ethanol
the smarter, less expensive, safer, healthier, and superior fuel to use in internal
combustion engines.
My business partner (Bob Gordon) and I believe that anyone with an ounce of
brains; with even a modicum of common sense and thoughtfulness; should easily understand the significance of what I've just laid out. It shouldn't require us
to explain things to highly degreed individuals like Madame du Rugy. She and
they should have already known of the history and understood the implications
of the historical facts. Unless they each are being paid many millions of dollars
- enough money that they never have to work again in their lives - it is unconscionable for them to take the anti-ethanol positions that they do, and to write
the anti-ethanol drivel that they do.
Veronique du Rugy's article "Is Ethanol Cronyism on the Ropes?" (subtitled "It’s
time to end government handouts for corn farmers") is laughable, preposterous,
ridiculous, puerile, asinine, and downright stupid.
If any industry is guilty of cronyism it's the petroleum oil industry. If any individuals are guilty of cronyism they are the people who work for or at the behest of
the petroleum oil industry. They stink. They reek the way that New Jersey used
to smell when you crossed over the Goethals Bridge from Staten Island in New
York. The Elizabeth area in New Jersey smelled that way because of the
