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isn't just a figment of someone's imagination, it's a delusional nightmare propagated to keep us addicted to the poison known as gasoline.
SEE: The Figurative Ethanol Blend Wall is a Fictional Ethanol Blend Wall
Jack claims that the "extensive testing" done by the Coordinating Research
Council (CRC) is "the gold standard in vehicle research." Yeah, if the gold is
fool's gold. He says that the CRC has determined that E15 could damage engines and fuel systems. You know what can and does cause damage to every
single gasoline-powered engine? Gasoline. Making a broad statement like "E15
could cause damage..." is as pointless as saying that "If you go outside without
an umbrella and it rains, you might get wet." On the other hand, there is no
equivocating over my statement that every single gasoline-powered engine has
been damaged by gasoline; it's a fact!
SEE: Every Spark-Ignited Internal Combustion Engine Ever Produced Has Been
Damaged By Gasoline
I guess no one ever told Jack that the extensive testing of ethanol by true 24kt
gold labs and research teams (that were not connected to the oil industry) have
proven again, and again, and again that ethanol is beneficial to engines and
does not harm engines and fuel systems (certainly not to any degree more than
the damage caused by gasoline or petroleum diesel in diesel engines). I know
this for a fact because not only do the reports from these organizations tell me
so, but the oil industry itself has said so:
SEE: The Hypocrisy of Big Oil
SEE: Ethanol Special Motives
Next, Jack writes about why the RFS mandates were developed more than ten
years ago and suggests two incredibly dopey things: First, that the biofuel mandates aren't needed because the U.S. is the world's largest producer and refiner
of oil and natural gas; and second that U.S. carbon emissions have reached
25-year lows due primarily to greater use of clean natural gas.
But what good does it do us in being the world's largest producer and refiner of
oil and natural gas? Gasoline prices are still high, we still have to import a sizable amount of foreign oil, and we still embroil ourselves in the affairs of other
countries because of their petroleum oil resources. The only thing that can really
be said for our production and refining capabilities is that we may once again
be the world's largest provider of poison to the world. "Hey world, looking for a
little more respiratory illnesses, autism, and wildlife disasters? Look no further
than the good ol' U.S. of A." But this distinction is not something to brag about.
