Image via Wikipedia General Motors, for all its hype about the Volt (which won’t run on ethanol), has announced that E85 (ethanol, up to 85%) is the “best near-term” alternative fuel solution. This comes from their FastLane blog on which it’s touted that GM will be moving forward with an “ambitious” expansion of its flex-fuel [...]
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GM Panders to the Midwest and Big Agra – Loves Ethanol
August 19th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Alt-Fuel 
Tags: Corporate Average Fuel Economy, E85, Ethanol, Flexible-fuel vehicle, Gasoline, general motors 
2 Comments »Scotch Becomes Fuel
August 18th, 2010 Aaron Turpen “Gather round you whiskey drinkers, we will never be for long. We will always have the comfort of our friend John Barley Corn.” Well, it appears that the Scottish drinking song is right. We will always have the comfort of our friend John Barley Corn. Even when behind the wheel, apparently. Though probably not in [...]
Posted in Alt-Fuel Tags: biobutanol, butanol, EdinburghNapierUniversity, Energy, Ethanol, Gasoline, Scotland, Scottish people, Whisky Comments OffNew Research Blasts Supposed Efficiency of Corn Ethanol
June 28th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Note: this is a reprint of an article I wrote for NaturalNews.com by Aaron Turpen, NaturalNews New research from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows that corn-based ethanol biofuel is wasteful, inefficient, and a misuse of taxpayer money. This flies in the face of conventional wisdom in Washington (which we all know means “fat wallet [...]
Posted in Alt-Fuel Tags: Biofuel, Environmental Working Group, Ethanol, Food vs. fuel, Gasoline 1 Comment »
