The Ethanol Lie . . . aka "The Ethanol Effect"

Ethanol Lie: While visiting a remote village in southern Ecuador this summer, an old woman suddenly approached us in distress. We were shocked to discover whats happening there because we are using corn for fuel in the US.

The old woman's name is Lastenia Correa Aponte. This video is HER STORY.

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Using Food for fuel: We didn't intend to make a video focused on corn ethanol or congress' energy policy but that's where this story led us. It seems that when we burn food to run our cars it affects the whole world!

In the past, it was cheaper for countries like Ecuador to import corn from the US. But after congress mandated increased biofuels, the price of corn went up, and Ecuador faced food shortages. Thats why peasants are burning tropical forests to plant corn. This deforestation is actually INCREASING global warming.

This video shows a rare dry tropical forest in Ecuador with over 800 bird species. But unfortunately this biodiversity-hotspot may be lost to cornfields.

Also see: Energy Policy Act 2005; HR6 Energy Independence Security Act 2007; E85.

Category:

Education

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• corn
• ethanol
• energy
• policy
• global
• warming
• deforestation
• conservation
• biodiversity
• hotspot
• biofuel
• congress
• lobbyists
• E85

[SteveAllen635]

YES! Corn-ethanol doesn't reduce greenhouse gases and it's a big mistake - or a big scam - depending on our point of view.

Generally, the poor peasants in Ecuador do not own their own land - they "rent" the land from landowners for a year to plant corn. Traditionally, once the land is cleared it's "worth" more. But this may change with the new pro-environment constitution that was just passed in Ecuador that grants legal rights to "mother nature" and hopefully will protect trees!

[Unklebillybob]

The amount of corn it would take to produce 25 gallons of ethanol, could feed a person for one year. And guess what ???? Ethanol gets worse mileage than gasoline.

[mikehanoo33]

@mr1nutwonder > Physical Effects of Ethanol and Methanol

Ethanol – is a primary ingredient in both fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages. If you ingest ethanol, you will begin to feel intoxicated.

Methanol – should never be ingested, inhaled, or come in contact with your skin. Even a small dose, less than half a teaspoon, can cause blindness and less than four ounces is consistently fatal. These are two very different fuels that you seem to think are the same , THEY ARE NOT THE SAME !

[mikehanoo33]

@mr1nutwonder >ALCOHOL FUEL CONVERSION KITS - Alcohol fuel conversion systems that allow gasoline-operated vehicles to run on ethanol, gasoline, or any combination of the two. the most advanced conversion kits on the market, MADE IN THE USA. Our conversion kits can be installed on any vehicle with a fuel-injection system. Although often referred to as E-85 (85% ethanol; 15% gas) kits, they are actually designed to work perfectly well on home-produced E-100 straight ethanol. 367 $ and up .

[mr1nutwonder]

@mikehanoo33 : years ago when I was a kid, I wanted to try running alcohol in a lawn mower engine just to see what it would do, I think I was like 10 or something, I went down to future fuels of america, right across the street from galpin ford, they refused to sell to me, even had my father their, the guy told me the fumes and smell from both ethanol, and methanol, would be so bad, they would make me sick. yet, they were a test bed for a cleaner fuel. the paper work you had to sign was unreal .

[mr1nutwonder]

@mikehanoo33 : the computer in todays cars has the timing factory set, the computer has to be worked on to be able to change the timing, the main problem is cyl pressure, not the timing for a street driven car. henry fords model T had such low compression it would burn just about anything flammable and fuel mileage and horse power was not even a passing thought back then. its vary hard, if impossible to start the average cold engine on 100% alcohol, I use gas to start it and run till warm up.

[mikehanoo33]

@mr1nutwonder > OK so they did or do use ethanol and methanol in race cars , I saw that indy cars were using it a few years ago , they said the methanol burned there eyes and the ethanol was cool , it even had a pleasant smell , and as far as the timing goes it can easily be increased , Henry Ford did it back a 100 years ago , the model T's were flex fuel cars , and they only lose a fraction on the mileage , but they burn clean and ethanol is carbon neutral , and we employ more Americans !.

[mr1nutwonder]

@mikehanoo33 : everclear is 151 proof. I have heard about 190 proof but never seen it for sale.

[mr1nutwonder]

@mikehanoo33: one of the main problems with ethanol is it needs high compression to burn right, 14:1-16:1, the 7:1 most street driven factory cars now have just don't cut it. ethanol need a cyl pressure of over 250 psi to run right. another problem with ethanol is poor fuel mileage. you burn twice as much as gas, then it also rots all rubber hoses. racers that burn ethanol know this, but nobody seems to speak up. I have noticed we have a lot less bugs around, not a good thing.

[mr1nutwonder]

@mikehanoo33 : I will agree with you on we really have no real idea what the oil companys are brewing up, and were putting in our fuel tanks, I always said, they could brew up raid bug killer, and people would gladly put it in their tanks and burn it, and never care. gas is a great product for big business, you get what they give you, theirs no returns for a bad product, you have no idea what it really is.