Alcohol Can Be A Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century - Hardcover

David Blume

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0979043786 ISBN 13: 9780979043789

Publisher: Intl Inst for Ecological Agriculture, 2007

Synopsis

Why alcohol fuel is the smart, sustainable alternative energy solution from ethanol expert David Blume. Busting all the Ethanol Myths, ALCOHOL CAN BE A GAS! gives us the most complete and understandable book on renewable fuels to date. Blume explains the technology, the history and the social aspects of biofuels. David Blumes humour and the many great cartoon illustrations will have you laughing as you learn. Blume gives detailed instructions and illustrations for creating biofuel, convertingyour vehicles and much more. You will, also, come away with an understanding of how our nations energy pollicy evolved and what we need to do for the future.

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About the Author

David Blume has been at the forefront of alternative fuel technology since the 1970s, when he was a member of the Mother Earth News Eco Village alternative energy team. John Schaeffer, founder of Real Goods, calls Dave "the world's original alcohol pioneer.” Dave has personally taught over 7,000 people how to produce and use low-cost alcohol fuel in intensive workshops. He also wrote and hosted the 10-part PBS series Alcohol As Fuel. Dave has also been a pioneer in community-supported agriculture. He is Executive Director of the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture, where he teaches permaculture. He consults for governments, farmers, companies, and others interested in turning waste into fuel and profitable products. His recently issued patent for a process using alcohol fuel production byproducts as a nontoxic replacement for poisonous herbicides and fertilizers has the potential to revolutionize American agriculture. Dave is often called upon by conference organizers and the media as an expert in alternative energy, sustainability, and ecological farming. He has been interviewed over 1000 times for print, radio, and television shows.

From the Back Cover

Dear Reader, Thanks so much for purchasing this special limited first edition printing of Alcohol Can Be A Gas! For many of you, I want to especially thank you for your patience. I have been working full-time on this project for four years, and that’s two years longer than I thought it would take. For those of you who have hung in there with me, and kept cheering me on when the going was tough, I have to say I couldn’t have done it without your support. When I first started on this project 25 years ago—filmed my series for KQED and wrote the original book—I thought it had the potential to make a substantial difference to the economics and environmental quality of the United States.But today I have set a much higher bar for the goals for this book. I believe that the human race’s ability to survive—in the face of the interconnected problems of Peak Oil, climate change that’s heading for the tipping point, and unchecked population growth—is in question. Without a radical change in how we power our societies and conduct our agriculture, the civilization we currently take for granted will dissolve due to wars for resources, while a large part of humanity will be forced to migrate to higher ground. It is my expectation that this new book will be a tool for the revolutionary change needed to address the challenges facing the entire planet, not just the U.S. So someday, when there are alcohol biorefineries producing fuel, food, and all sorts of products in every bioregion, when greenhouse gases are on the decline and ice packs are deepening on the poles, when air pollution is a thing of the past, all of our sewage is processed in cattail marshes, kelp farms send spent mash through derelict oil pipelines to Midwest farms, agriculture becomes otherwise regionalized and organic, you will be able to pat yourself on the back and know you helped make it happen.Share. Organize. Win.Dave Blume 6/11/07

Edition details

• Publisher: Intl Inst for Ecological Agriculture
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979043786
• ISBN 13: 9780979043789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640