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627: 1237: 1157: 282:(or indeed any other glucose-rich crop). Methanol can be produced from any plant matter. As both of these products can easily be produced in developing countries, Zubrin contends that the resultant expanding market for farm produce would be greatly beneficial for third-world farmers. There would be no need for western nations to 27: 294:
Anne Korin, of The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, has developed this concept further, adding to Zubrin's mandate the necessity to eliminate ethanol and sugar import tariffs in the United States for it to succeed.
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Some have argued that a switch to electric cars would be more beneficial. While this may be a longer-term solution, a switch to biofuel can be achieved in a few years (as in the case of
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with gasoline, which would in turn prompt gas stations to instal biofuel pumps. Under such a situation, competition would drive oil prices down. Zubrin argues that biofuels should be
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The key to winning the war on terror, therefore, is to create a substitute for oil. Zubrin argues that a mandate that all new cars sold in the United States be
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to keep oil prices high. Due to its dependence on their oil, the United States (and the rest of the world) is powerless to do anything about this.
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Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism
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at a series of "go green" lectures sponsored by the Advanced Planning and Partnership Office and hosted by
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in order to keep their price advantage over gasoline, as it is the only way to cripple OPEC.
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A switch to biofuel would have the additional benefit that it is potentially a
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has been financed by oil revenues, the technological feasibility of
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Mars On Earth: The Adventures of Space Pioneers in the High Arctic
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Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil
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Benedict Arnold: A Drama of the American Revolution in Five Acts
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Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space
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Ethanol is produced primarily via the fermentation of
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Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
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Index


Robert Zubrin
Non-fiction
Prometheus Books
Hardcover
ISBN
1-59102-591-5
OCLC
153598118
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
Robert Zubrin
War on Terror
energy independence
Islamic extremism
ethanol
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
colluding
flex-fueled
gasoline
ethanol
methanol
catalytic converters
price competitiveness
subsidized
Brazil
hybrids
carbon-neutral
corn

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