TRUTH ABOUT ETHANOL - Review and Reply to Robert Bryce's GUSHER OF LIES

A Book That's Aptly Named for What It Is

By Marc J. Rauch
Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher
THE AUTO CHANNEL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1:
     Introduction
     How This Book Review Came About
     Moving Forward
     Why We Think We Want Energy Independence

Part 2:
     How Does Belief In The Constitution Equate With Foreign Oil Dependency?
     Insight Into Bryce’s Thoughts
     The Nitty Gritty
     Energy Independence Is Possible
     The Gushing Truth About Alternative Fuels
     Bryce’s Shell Game
     Energy Content
     BTUs are Irrelevant

Part 3:
     Laws Of Thermodynamics
     Gasoline is Dominant Because of Golden Rule
     Oil Does Not Fund Terrorism – Hah!
     Breaking News: No Hostages Taken At Ethanol Plants ...Again
     America’s Love Affair With The Automobile Starts To Sour
     Switzer Performance: A Case In Point

Part 4:
     I Got Your Religion Right Here
     Subsidies Are Good, For Electric?
     Subsidy Comparisons
     ADM vs. Exxon/Mobil Profits
     Big Oil Gets An $80 Billion ‘Bonus’ Subsidy - Military
     Grand National Spitting Contest
     Short List of Oil/Gasoline Subsidies
     Fool Or Fuel?
     Land Ho … Ha, Ha, Ha
     Cropland and Farmland

Part 5:
     Ethanol Production Results In Rising Food Costs
     The Farmer's Share of Food Prices
     World Bank Reports
     EROEI - Energy Returned On Energy Invested
     Robert Bryce, Champion Of MTBE
     Senator Joe Biden and TEL

Part 6:
     Price Of Ethanol vs. Gasoline At The Pump
     Water Usage
     Compressed Natural Gas
     Conclusion
     Footnotes