Doesn't surprise me. We Americans have very little patience for the truth.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Keith wrote: > >"Prohibition in the US wasn't exactly a resounding success, it just >drove it underground and boosted organised crime. I've read that the >consumption of alcohol went up, by as much as 80% some have said. The >attraction of the illicit." > >Some interesting related info: >In researching the history of alcohol fuel I learned the prohibition movement >was primarily funded by JD Rockefeller. At the time alcohol was the dominant >fuel in the US and he had found out that the byproduct of petroleum they had >been pouring into rivers could be made into gasoline and used for vehicle >fuels. He funded the Women's Christian Temperance Union to help make >drinking alcohol illegal. They took their hatchets into bars and broke bottles >and kegs and caused a big ruckus that led to the Constitutional amendment >outlawing drinking alcohol. He also funded enough Congressional campaigns >to get supporting legislation to shift the balance from alcohol fuel toward >gasoline. By the time the new amendment overruled prohibition, Standard Oil >had consolidated its market. > >During Jimmy Carter's presidency there was a big push for homegrown >alcohol. We easily got a permit and made it in our barn with our home-built >equipment. Carter sent people to see how we little guys were doing. His man >liked our operation so much he hired Jock to take his still to the government >sponsored alternate energy fairs and teach farmers how to make their own >stills and fuel. One man came up to him after he said why alcohol was so >much better than oil and told him, “If you keep talking like that you won't be >around very long.” Someone told Jock he was from Shell Oil. Maybe he was >also talking about Carter, who was the biggest alternate energy president we >ever had. He lasted only one term, partially due to a major oil country, Iran, >who took American hostages and brokered a deal to release them only after >Reagan was elected. Another victory for big oil. > >Marilyn > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
