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Something I learned from Coast to Coast AM

I usually work late into the night, and a good show that I've been listening to is Coast to Coast AM. Some would love to say that it is a niche show dealing with ghosts, aliens, conspiracies, and whathaveyous. However, The host of the show George Noory, brings a lot of contradicting guests that often bring up a lot of interesting topics.
Last night, George had on author David Blume who's book "Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century" is set to tell americans how we can break our addiction to foreign oil and get America back on its feet.
Here is an excert from last night show:
Ecological biologist David Blume discussed the importance and benefits of alcohol-based fuels, and how the petroleum industry has suppressed their development. Some of the earliest cars such as the Model T were flex fuel (running on either gas or alcohol), and Henry Ford was an advocate for alcohol fuel. However, he was opposed by John D. Rockefeller who pushed for Prohibition, which stopped the manufacture of alcohol for any purpose, Blume detailed.

Cheaper than gas, alcohol is a superior fuel, as it leaves no carbon behind, engines last longer, and it can free us from foreign dependence, he noted. There are some twenty different crops that can produce alcohol, and many of them, such as sugar beets, yield more alcohol per acre than corn.

Most cars can actually run with up to 50% alcohol in their tanks, without using any kind of conversion device, Blume declared, and kits can be added to vehicles for less than $300. People can get permits to create home distilleries to brew their own alcohol fuel, which enables them to be eligible for tax credits, he said. An advocate for community organizing, Blume said in many locales residents have set up driver owned stations which offer alcohol pumps.

I would highly recommend if any of you really want to make a world a better place, cut America's addiction, and help save the environment. Give this book a read.

A link to David Blume's website:
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