- We Don't Need Gasoline, Never Did
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- Facts: Scientific and historical about gasoline and alcohol
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- 1. The original automobiles ran on alcohol because when they were
invented gasoline was not available.
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- 2. Rockefeller spent $4 million (that we know of) to promote
Prohibition, a ban on alcohol manufacturing in the US that started in 1919 just as the car
industry was taking off.
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- 3. When Prohibition was lifted in 1933, gasoline stations were
ubiquitous and most engines ran on gasoline only.
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- 4. Alcohol can be manufactured locally and on a community level from
renewable plant material for $1 per gallon.
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- 5. The growing of plant material for alcohol would have no effect on the
price of food.
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- 6. The growing of plants for fuel would more than neutralize the carbon
created by burning alcohol for fuel.
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- 7. In Brazil, over 50% of new cars sold can already run on 100% alcohol.
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- 8. Producing alcohol from plant material is incredibly energy efficient.
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- 9. The oil companies aggressively promote garbage science to deceive the
public into believing that alcohol fuels: a) will cause starvation, b) are uneconomical,
and c) are net polluters.
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- 10. Gasoline is a high toxic material.
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- 11. It is entirely unneeded to fuel our cars.
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- 12. Oil companies like Chevron have pressured PBS, commercial TV
networks and other news media to keep this basic information from the public for decades -
and the censorship continues to this day.
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- More at: http://www.PermaCulture.com
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