Could ethanol become a classroom political issue?
Teachers, start your biofuel engines. The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) is providing one free pack of ethanol promotional items to educators. On the EPIC website, the item list for the packs says they contain the following:
- 50 Minute Educational Units (Crossover to 5 different subjects)
- 30 "Pump Ethanol" Books - an insightful story about how corn is produced to fuel America
- 30 Environmental Window Clings
- 30 Embroidered Athletic Wristbands
- 4 Children's T-shirts (2 girls and 2 boys)
- 5 Matchbox Indy Cars
- 1 Poster/Game Board
- Activity Sheets (Crossword and Wordfind)
- Multiple Coloring Pages
- Interactive CD containing a fun educational animated video and PDFs of all the handout materials
So, what's with my headline? As political observers know, a lot of issues easily become something like punching bags when brought into classrooms, with evolution vs. creationism being the big one here. While ethanol production doesn't have nearly the same emotional resonance as religion - and I'm not against children learning about the potential of biofuels - something tells me these "Fun Packs" don't present a very complete picture of the ethanol story. Just an inkling.
[Source: EPIC via Domestic Fuel]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Domenick 7:38PM (2/08/2008)
I remember "fun" learning packages similar to this from my childhood. My impression is still the same, EPIC lame.
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GadgetGav 9:37PM (2/09/2008)
The main aim of propagandists is to get to the youngest age group possible. What age group are 'coloring pages' aimed at..!!?? How many years before the hands coloring the pages can hold car keys or pump ethanol into their vehicle. If we haven't got a widespread hydrogen infrastructure in place by then, corn based ethanol is not going to save us.
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A.Brien 12:58PM (2/10/2008)
That's the worst thing that can be, taking foods
to produce fuel. it will do the same as petrol,
polluting the land, push the price of food up. Pusching the price of petrol down a little bit by
pusching the price of food up is insane and kill the land. Algue diesel is better because algue is not a food product.
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