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David Blume is Executive Director of the International Institute of
Ecological Agriculture, a master permaculturist, ecological
biologist/designer, globally recognized expert on Ethanol and biofuels
and author of the Amazon.com best selling new book release – Alcohol
Can Be A Gas. A pioneer in CSA farming David has consulted around the
globe on alternative energy, sustainable agriculture, renewable food
and energy production and climate change issues. He has taught
hands-on workshops on biofuel production and gas/diesel conversion to
tens of thousands of people and has been interviewed on Radio,
television and by print media throughout the world.
www.alcoholcanbeagas.com

Blog Entries by David Blume

EPA's E15 Non-Ruling: A Quiet End to American Energy Independence

Posted December 9, 2009 | 11:38:25 (EST)

Over the last several months my organization, the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA), along with farm organizations across the country, numerous state and national representatives, environmental agencies, and ethanol producer associations have been advocating for a seemingly minor Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling change regarding the amount of allowable...

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A Recipe for Cooking the American Consumer in Boiling Oil

Posted April 8, 2009 | 15:23:14 (EST)

GAS PRICES ARE UP: A recipe for Cooking the American Consumer in Boiling Oil.
By David Blume

As I have documented in my book Alcohol Can Be A Gas! and reported in recent articles and interviews, it is a fact that oil prices always drop steeply...

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How We are Losing the Battle for Our Independent Fuel, Food and Jobs

Posted March 2, 2009 | 12:58:22 (EST)

With all of the corporate bailouts and economic disasters our country is facing at present, it really is easy to welcome the wallet-relief provided by currently low transportation and heating fuel prices. In some places around the country today we are paying $1.89 a gallon for gas (or even less)....

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Bailout GM, But Here's What to Demand

Posted November 23, 2008 | 15:14:06 (EST)

As CEO of General ChrysFordCo, President-Elect Obama Can Use the Bailout to
Spearhead Renewable Energy and Rebuild America.

It's all but a foregone conclusion that a government bailout of the auto industry will happen, to save the millions of direct and indirect jobs generated by the Big Three....

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Post-Election Gas Price Forecast

Posted October 31, 2008 | 15:56:31 (EST)

Santa Cruz, CA -- Oct. 29, 2008. Ahh, back to the good old days. You know the old days, like when you could drive with impunity 30 miles to work or 10 miles to a movie theater and the cost of gas wasn't even worth thinking about. Gasoline was as...

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We Beat MegaOilron

Posted September 8, 2008 | 15:41:03 (EST)

By our best guesstimates over the last year, MegaOilron has spent around a billion dollars on a propaganda campaign coordinated by the American Petroleum Institute, to convince the public that ethanol is bad for America. At the core of this campaign has been the blatantly false "Food vs. Fuel" Myth....
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