Conversations That Matter: The Strange History of Ethanol +VIDEO
 Marc J. Rauch, Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher of The Auto Channel |
The bias against ethanol as a fuel goes back to the Rockefeller family, who were a huge player in the gasoline business
 Stuart McNish |
Oh Boy Productions
Reprinted from the Vancouver Sun
As we all know, the price of gas is skyrocketing.
It’s a big issue for the president of the United States, namely because he’s under fire to address inflation. His response to soaring fuel prices was to lift a ban on the sale of E15 fuel. E-15 stands for 15 per cent ethanol in the fuel and adding it to gas saves money and reduces carbon output.
“A welcome announcement you’d think?” asks Marc Rauch, the executive VP of the Auto Channel. “It should be!” he answers his own question, “but it wasn’t!”
“Ethanol,” says Rauch, “is the forgotten alternative fuel – the only one that blends with current gasoline while improving air quality and saving money.”
If ethanol is the magic bullet in the fuel sector, why is it so maligned?
Rauch says, “It’s historical and the reasons are hysterical.” Namely, he claims it comes down to the power and influence of the Rockefeller family.
To take us on a fascinating examination of the history of ethanol, we invited Rauch, the author of the “Ethanol Papers”, to join a Conversation That Matters about the remarkable advantages to a fuel supplement that you can only buy at four gas stations in Canada and sparsely throughout the United States.
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ABOUT STUART MCNISH
For more than 35 years Stuart McNish has been involved in video journalism and storytelling. Oh Boy Productions, his video and television studio produces TV shows, corporate videos and live on-line events.
Stuart has won numerous awards for his work in television news and for the past 8 years he has hosted Conversations That Matter which airs on television stations, online on Postmedia websites across Canada and on
numerous platforms around the world.
