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Auto Channel Exclusive: Open Letter to Marlo Lewis, Jr., Senior Fluffer at Competitive Enterprise Institute

Auto Channel Exclusive: Open Letter to Marlo Lewis, Jr., Senior Fluffer at Competitive Enterprise Institute

Hi Marlo - I recently read an editorial you wrote about ethanol for a stink tank called Competitive Enterprises Institute. ... Continue reading

Life As We Might Have Known It: What If Ethanol Was Our Primary Engine Fuel

Life As We Might Have Known It: What If Ethanol Was Our Primary Engine Fuel

Consumers never had the opportunity to vote on which fuel they wanted; there was never a national referendum. And in the years since the repeal of prohibition the public has never been told the truth about petroleum oil fuels, nor has the public been given the opportunity to vote to discontinue petroleum oil subsidies. ... Continue reading

Blowing Up the "Heat Energy" Myth: The Case for Ethanol

Blowing Up the "Heat Energy" Myth: The Case for Ethanol

What if everything you thought you knew about engine fuel efficiency was based on a myth? I recently sat down with three experts to unpack the issue: David Blume, author of Alcohol Can Be A Gas!; Marc Rauch, co-founder of The Auto Channel and author of The Ethanol Papers; and Dean Harlow, former president of Ricardo PL ... Continue reading

The Real Story On Electric Vehicles +VIDEO - UPDATED WITH ADDED COMMENTARY

The Real Story On Electric Vehicles +VIDEO - UPDATED WITH ADDED COMMENTARY

Are EVs the future of automobiles? Probably. Do we need EVs? NO! Here's why. ... Continue reading

"Piling On", The Auto Channel EV Vision - Finally Other Journalists With "Balls" Support Our "Choice" Of Future Mobility Power - We Told Ya!

"Piling On", The Auto Channel EV Vision - Finally Other Journalists With "Balls" Support Our "Choice" Of Future Mobility Power - We Told Ya!

For almost 30 years The Auto Channel has faced the onslaught of misguided mobility positions, and a lack of advertising support from know nothings leading the errant companies. No matter if from the PR departments, General Media, Automotive Press or Politicians or University professors or Experts...if our editorial tea ... Continue reading

Discover A Million Pages Of Indexed Automotive Content Without WEB SEARCH FATIGUE

Discover A Million Pages Of Indexed Automotive Content Without WEB SEARCH FATIGUE

The Auto Channel's Automotive Data Research Hub functions as a massive silo, eliminating a need for an enterprise level web wide search engine. ... Continue reading

Yes, Tin Lizzie Was An Alcoholic

Yes, Tin Lizzie Was An Alcoholic

SPECIAL FEATURE - Correcting Bad Revisionist History About Ford's Multi-Fuel Model T Automobile ... Continue reading

I Just Saved 38% on a Fill-Up By Using E85 - You Can Too!

I Just Saved 38% on a Fill-Up By Using E85 - You Can Too!

A silver lining to the cloud we've been living under ... Continue reading

Don't Be So Fracking Stupid, Ethanol Is The Smart Choice!

Don't Be So Fracking Stupid, Ethanol Is The Smart Choice!

Let's Get Real Clear on Ethanol Fuel - All negative comments about ethanol fuel are incorrect. ... Continue reading

Automotive Aftermarket Saturated with Snake Oil Engine Additives

Automotive Aftermarket Saturated with Snake Oil Engine Additives

Open Letter to B3C Fuel Solutions, LLC, (manufacturer of FUEL LIFE In-Tank Fuel Stabilizing Filter and ETHANOL SHIELD FUEL STABILIZER). ... Continue reading

Battling Anti-Ethanol Snake Oil Myths

Battling Anti-Ethanol Snake Oil Myths

Slogging Through The Muck & Mire of Ethanol Ignorance ... Continue reading

Amsoil vs Ethanol

Amsoil vs Ethanol

Amsoil fuel additives are the epitome of what snake oils are. ... Continue reading

Famous Manufacturer of Anti-Ethanol Additives Proves Ethanol's Safety and Benefits

Famous Manufacturer of Anti-Ethanol Additives Proves Ethanol's Safety and Benefits

A funny thing happened on the way to researching a product that's supposed to protect against the "damage" that ethanol can cause to internal combustion engines and fuel systems: I discovered that this famous manufacturer of fuel additives knows that the damage they claim is caused by ethanol is just a load of BS. ... Continue reading

Bell Performance Disputes Our Ethanol Hygroscopy Test and THEY FAIL MISERABLY! +VIDEO

Bell Performance Disputes Our Ethanol Hygroscopy Test and THEY FAIL MISERABLY! +VIDEO

On January 24th of this year, I produced a video of a test I conducted to prove that certain negative claims made against ethanol are false. A challenge has been mounted against me ... Continue reading

Take The Master Class - Ethanol 101 to 402 - It's Easy and Free

Take The Master Class - Ethanol 101 to 402 - It's Easy and Free

What's the deal with ethanol fuel? The deal is that ethanol fuel has been wrongfully suppressed for more than 100 years, and there are very few people willing to really talk about it. ... Continue reading

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