| Myth: Corn Ethanol is Great - 284 sec
From ABC 20/20 Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity with John Stossel, Myth #1 Ethanol is Great
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 | | McCain Flip-Flops On Ethanol - 184 sec
McCain Flip-Flops On Ethanol
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| | Brew Your Own Ethanol at Home - 124 sec
TechnologyBrew Your Own Ethanol at HomeBrew Your Own Ethanol at HomeThe Associated PressWith gasoline costs spiraling ever higher, consumers may feel trapped by the country's addiction to oil. But what if you could make your own fuel and bypass the entire gas industry? (May 30)With gasoline costs spiraling ever higher, consumers may feel trapped by the country's addiction to oil. But what if you could make your own fuel and bypass the entire gas industry?That's the idea behind the eFuel Microfueler: Home brewed ethanol, on the cheap. Tom Quinn started toying with the concept after realizing that the gas industry is years away from a large-scale infrastructure for ethanol delivery and bogged down by regulatory measures. [Notes:SOT:Thomas Quinn Founder and CEO E-Fuel corp]QUINN DISCUSSES FOR HOME BREWING CAN BYPASS THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY.So how does it work? According to Quinn, it can produce Ethanol from raw sugar or can even distill it from discarded alcohol from restaurants with a cost per gallon at just under a buck. [Notes:SOT:Thomas Quinn Founder and CEO E-Fuel corp]QUINN DEMOS AND DISCUSSES DEVICE With the national average for a gallon of regular gas at just under $4.00 a gallon, ($3.96) Quinn hopes the Microfueler could one day become as common in American households as the refrigerator. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****)
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| | How To Make Ethanol Work - Presented by The Auto Channel - 159 sec
With the recent run up in gas prices and the lingering war in the Middle East, there has been talk of renewable energy sources to power our cars and trucks. Ethanol, a biofuel, can be produced not only from corn, but sugar cane, switch grass, and wood. And using it, instead of gasoline, decreases the amount of pollutants a car emits.
But the question remains, "Are there any cars that can run on it?" Recently, Brazil introduced flex fuel vehicles. These vehicles can run both with ethanol, gasoline, ethanol and gasoline in any blend. So these vehicles can be used anywhere.
For more information about this story and for in-depth analysis of alt-fuels and alt vehicles visit TheAutoChannel.com.
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| | Better Than Ethanol? BTL in plug-in hybrid diesel vehicles - 4033 sec
Google Tech Talks
September 20, 2006
Reed M. Benet
Biofuels Focused Ph.D. Student University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
Consultant to The Energy Foundation, Chevron, Nissan
10 Years Founding, Funding, Consulting to or Leading Venture Capital Backed Life Sciences, High-Tech or Energy-Tech Co's
Europe Finance & Operations
5 Years USMC Infantry Officer
Harvard MBA (Entrepreneurship)
Princeton B.A. (Politics)
ABSTRACT
Speaker proposes that plug-in hybrid diesel vehicles (versus gasoline variants) combined with biomass-to-liquid gasification and fischer-tropsch diesel fuels (versus ethanol, cellulosic or otherwise) is the best holistic and medium- to long-term...
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| | ethanol - From Farm to Fuel - 481 sec
What are we talking about? ethanol
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Tags: ethanol alternative fuel Ethanol
| | Marlo Lewis on the problems with Ethanol - 278 sec
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis talks about the problems with government subsidies for ethanol producers
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| | Pitfalls of Ethanol Fuel - 326 sec
Please keep all comments and debates civil, no vulgarities, ECT...
While I think that ethanol has some very limited potential as a fuel it's far from practical at this time and is questionable if it could be with such high populations and automotive usage.
One of the follies of ethanol is that it produces a lot of smog emissions.
The major pitfall is that it takes a lot energy to take the raw materials of agriculture and convert them into a burnable ethanol. It's one of the problems with producing hydrogen also, unless you take a shortcut and produce hydrogen from petroleum, that doesn't take as much energy or cost as much; but it hardly weans us off of petroleum.
Not only does burning ethanol produced more smog than petroleum, since it requires so much energy to process ethanol, the energy source also probably produces masses amounts of emissions. So not only will be the burning the ethanol, we will probably increase our burning of coal and other fuel sources to process the ethanol. The one fuel but I know of that might be able to make the processing of ethanol economical would be nuclear. Unfortunately it would probably take decades to get approval and build the nuclear power plants, something I feel that we should start doing now. If we wait until we get desperate, that means we would rush things and that could be dangerous. Another problem with nuclear power is there it is so much bureaucracy that it can reduce its a cost effectiveness and in some cases safety.
Al Gore and his liberal fascists are creating global warming hysteria, instead of playing politically correct global warming games. We should be working with industry to keep us in oil until big business can get the infrastructure and technology for alternative energy sources.
Unfortunately Bush the weak Republican which I think his quasi liberal has partly given into the global warming hysteria by jumping feet first on the ethanol bandwagon. I think it was good to increase our production, however I'm not sure the rate of change and extent of change is wise. Because it is surging our food prices, increasing emissions, and could possibly be devastating to our farmland by depleting the soil in the long-term.
I don't know if it's practical or feasible; but from what I hear there are vast fields of methane ice that is thought to be able to renew itself faster than we are consuming energy at the moment. If we could find some way to harvest it and get it to the user economically, I think it would be a good alternative energy source. Though it would likely wreak havoc on the ocean life. However by using the source it may prevent a catastrophic sudden release of global warming gases that could cause an extinction event.
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| | Bio-Ethanol Fuel From Woody Biomas : DigInfo - 90 sec
DigInfo - http://movie.diginfo.tv
Japan is a forested country with about 70% of its land comprised of bountiful woodland. The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute is the only research organization in Japan that comprehensively researches forests in order to know, protect, and utilize this asset. The institute is currently developing a bio-ethanol production technology based on simultaneous glycosylation fermentation using alkali pretreatments and cellulose-producing microorganisms. As a raw material for bio-ethanol, woody biomass doesn't compete with current food-based ones. People are increasingly turning to alternative materials including wood refuse and used paper to produce bio-ethanol fuel. The institute is currently developing the equipment to enable production of bio-ethanol from woody biomass.
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| | Converting Auto to Run on Ethanol - Dave Virtue - 177 sec
Dave Virtue talks about how easy it is to convert a car to run on Ethanol.
www.change2e85.com
Video is from www.efuel100.com, where they are offering pre-ordering of the MicroFueler.
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| | Ethanol stunt plane, outragous stunts! Prairie air show 2006 - 599 sec
Again, got footage from the 2006 prairie air show in peoria,illinois
the guy that flys this plane is absolutely the best pilot i ever seen doing stunts!!
its long but it's so worth it!!! Every mininte is kick a$$!
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| | Ethanol Scam - 99 sec
Nick Hollis of the Agribusiness Council (Washington, DC)
http://www.agribusinesscouncil.org/
discusses the downsides of the ethanol bandwagon. A live interview from Fox News.
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Tags: Ethanol scandal farmers Nick Hollis commentary analysis gotcha! grassroots outreach
| | How Ethanol Is Made Animated Feature - 231 sec
Is your inquisitive mind thinking, "How does a growing crop turn into a liquid that fuels my ride?" Get the step-by-step explanation about how ethanol is made in this short, animated feature.
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| | Hemp for Ethanol in Kentucky, with Craig Lee - 515 sec
A descendent of hemp farmers and curator of the Kentucky Hemp Museum & Library, Craig Lee knows hemp is a superior crop choice for cellulosic ethanol production - the next wave in eco-friendly fuels. Hemp hurds contain 70% cellulose. Also, hemp seed can be used for biodiesel and for food products.
Craig points out that using hemp for ethanol will leave corn and soybeans to their best uses as food. Hemp is easier on the soil and uses far less water than corn.
Any biomass or cellulose carbohydrate is superior to hydrocarbons (petrochemicals), because this year's living plants take up the carbon from last year's crop burning in your car. Also, there is no sulfur dioxide produced - no acid rain!
Here's an article on cellulosic ethanol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol
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| | Cheap Energy - WORLD'S FIRST HOME ETHANOL SYSTEM - 369 sec
Attention, friends! Look what I just found out about -
Is it really possible to make your own car fuel in the privacy of your own home for about $1 per gallon (or €0.66 per gallon, or €0.20 per litre)?
Will Big Oil stop this one as well? Perhaps it is up to each one of us - let's break out of the hypnosis and take over our future. Keep an eye on this one.
E-FUEL UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST HOME ETHANOL SYSTEM
Technology Expected to Alter Gasoline Dependence, Greatly Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Los Gatos, California (May 8, 2008) -- The world's first home ethanol system was unveiled today by the E-Fuel Corporation (www.efuel100.com),allowing consumers to create their own ethanol and pump it directly into their cars.
The revolutionary EFuel100 MicroFueler™ is the first product that allows anyone to reduce their dependency on oil, greatly diminish their carbon footprint, and produce fuel for under $1.00 per gallon.
The MicroFueler is a leading edge product that allows consumers to create ethanol, simply and safely, with the readily available ingredients of sugar, yeast and water, and a standard household 110-220 AC power supply. Cars running on sugar-based ethanol produce 85% fewer carbon emissions than gasoline. Businesses, such as breweries, bars and restaurants can even use discarded alcohol beverages to create ethanol, for as little as $0.10 per gallon.
"E-Fuel will have a profound impact on the way we obtain and consume fuel, not unlike the paradigm shift that occurred in the 80s from the mainframe computer to the PC," said Tom Quinn, E-Fuel Founder and CEO. "Just as the PC brought desktop computing to the home, E-Fuel will bring the filling station to the home. Making local sugar-based ethanol fuel production possible, E-Fuel can solve the commercial ethanol transportation and pump station problems while providing consumers lower cost fuel due to micro-efficiencies."
The portable MicroFueler unit houses the same consumer-friendly LCD touch screen interface and hose pumping system found at the corner gas station, so consumers can produce where they consume, eliminating energy waste and saving dollars. The retractable pumping hose extends up to 50 feet, eliminating the need to situate the unit directly beside the household vehicle.
With its breakthrough membrane technology, E-Fuel has made an industrial process possible on a much smaller scale, and without dangerous combustion processes.
Additionally, the MicroFueler has achieved an 80% power improvement over commercial ethanol manufacturers, thus raising the bar of the renewable fuel standard for carbon reduction.
For press information, contact:
Zac Rivera or Julie Conover
(646) 356-8312/8338
efuel@maloneyfox.com
"Henry Ford started the automobile revolution using ethanol, predicting that this renewable and accessible fuel would become the 'fuel of the future,'" said Mr. Quinn. "If not for the Prohibition laws in the 1920s and the subsequent rise of the oil industry, ethanol may never have lost its public appeal. E-Fuel will deliver on Ford's prediction, and enable consumers to bypass the costly oil infrastructure and their reliance on fossil fuels," said Mr. Quinn.
MicroFueler Availability
E-Fuel is now accepting orders for the MicroFueler at www.efuel100.com, and first shipments will begin in the fourth quarter of 2008. The EFuel100 MicroFueler is available in the United States at $9,995, and all initial orders require a deposit.
The MicroFueler will also be distributed to China and Brazil. For U.S. buyers there are several local and national rebates available, and more importantly, E-Fuel will be introducing a Carbon Credit Program to offset costs and assist in reducing carbon emissions. Consumers and interested resellers can also attend E-Fuel sponsored workshops to learn more about the MicroFueler operation. Complete details on
pricing, availability, the E-Fuel Carbon Credit Program and local workshops can be found at www.efuel100.com
About E-Fuel Corporation
The E-Fuel Corporation was founded in March 2007 by Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield to create efficient ethanol micro-refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil.
As chairman of E-Fuel, a privately-held company, Quinn has solely funded the company and is instrumental in both corporate leadership and product development.
With more than 30 people employed in Los Gatos and Paso Robles, California and China, the employees of E-Fuel represent some of the top United States ethanol researchers and proven Silicon Valley professionals who draw upon diverse expertise in the ethanol, electronics, automotive and software industries.
E-Fuel creates ethanol micro refinery products that conform to U.S. safety and durability standards and include modern safety features. E-Fuel products are available for purchase online and through a network of worldwide resellers.
For more information, visit www.efuel100.com
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| | Make Your Own Ethanol At Home with the Efuel 100 MicroFueler - 1923 sec
100% Ethanol for less than $1 per gallon. Produce up to 35 gallons in one batch. Thumb your nose at the oil dictators. Get more info at TheAutoChannel.com.
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| | Energy: Ethanol, methane, hydrogen. - 457 sec
Trying to explain the value of ethanol, methane and hydrogen in the energy discussion.
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| | Ethanol, corn, switchgrass, and sugar cane - 237 sec
The U.S. government is requiring ethanol to be mixed with gasoline. Traditionally ethanol has been made with corn. Now some nations (Brazil) are using sugar cane to make ethanol. Now advocates are urging the use of switchgrass to make fuel (ethanol). The problem with using an agricultural product to make or supplement fuel, it that it takes farm land out of the food supply chain. Thus causing the price of agricultural products and live stock to rise. Meaning while the cost of fuel is rising so is the price of the food on your table. While we are sacrificing our farm land to produce fuel, we are leaving in the ground and offshore 400 year supply of oil untouched. This is because the environmentalist, the Democratic Party, and stupid Republicans, all are allowing this nonsense to continue.
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| | Sarah Steelman - 2008 Governor - Ethanol - 32 sec
July 16, 2008
http://www.sarahsteelman.com
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| | Myth: Ethanol is Great - 285 sec
If ethanol's so good, why does it need government subsidies? Without subsidies, ethanol would cost much more than gasoline. The claim that using ethanol will save energy is another myth. Studies show that the amount of energy ethanol produces and the amount needed to make it are roughly the same. And because ethanol degrades, it can't be moved in pipelines the way that gasoline can. So many more big, polluting trucks will be needed to haul it. More bad news: The increased push for ethanol has already led to a sharp increase in corn-growing, which means much more land must be plowed. That means much more fertilizer, more water used on farms and more pesticides. A University of Minnesota study shows that even turning all of America's corn into ethanol would meet only 12 percent of our gasoline demand. Studies indicate that the standard mixture of 90 percent ethanol and 10 percent gasoline pollutes worse than gasoline. Virtually all studies show that the greenhouse gases associated with ethanol are about the same as those associated with conventional gasoline once we examine the entire life cycle of the two fuels. Surely, ethanol must be good for something. And here we finally have a fact. It is good for something - or at least someone: corn farmers and processors of ethanol, such as Archer Daniels Midland, the big food processor known for its savvy at getting subsidies out of the taxpayers.
The Many Myths of Ethanol (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3204163
Ethanol And Biodiesel From Crops Not Worth The Energy (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050705231841.htm
Ethanol Fuel From Corn Faulted As "Unsustainable Subsidized Food Burning" In Analysis By Cornell Scientist (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010808135444.htm
Ethanol Vehicles Pose Significant Risk To Health, New Study Finds (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070418072616.htm
Fuel Ethanol Cannot Alleviate U.S. Dependence On Petroleum (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050704110527.htm
Increase In Ethanol Production From Corn Could Significantly Harm Water Quality (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071010120538.htm
Study: Ethanol Production Consumes Six Units Of Energy To Produce Just One (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050329132436.htm
Study: Ethanol won't solve energy problems (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-07-10-ethanol-study_x.htm
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