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Remember EPIC? They're now "Growth Energy" and they've got a chip on their shoulder

While looking around for information on EPIC's now-canceled sponsorship of the Rahal-Letterman Racing Team, I discovered that the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is undergoing a rebranding. The new name: "Growth Energy." Growth Energy formed in early November 2008 and it seems their main goal is to separate the biofuel and food industries into good (biofuel) and bad (food) players. Take a look at this ad, which attacks "Big Food" for keeping prices high even though energy costs have dropped in the last six months, or this one, which ... Read more →

Ethanol decline's latest casualty: Rahal-Letterman racing team Sebastian Blanco

During the keynote session of the Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Institute conference last May, Bobby Rahal, head of Rahal Letterman Racing, gave a talk that described his role (click and scroll down a ...

ABC Extreme Makeover winner gets flexfuel F-150 and a year's supply of E85 Sebastian Blanco

I wonder just how much money and time has been spent by national organizations promoting flexfuel vehicles - even though we all know that E85 fuel is pretty hard to find. Whatever the calculation, we ...

EPIC calls for some unity on the ethanol issue, darnit Sebastian Blanco

Holidays in the U.S. are used for so much more than celebrating. We've got President's day sales, the Christmas shopping season, special Easter candy flavors (notice a trend?). For the Fourth of ...

Are high gas prices "forcing" Americans toward ethanol? Sebastian Blanco

Here's an interesting way to phrase things. The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) is trying to reframe America's current high pump costs with this headline: "Gas Prices Force Americans ...

Atlanta-area E85 will be cheap tomorrow - $1.85 a gallon for two hours 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click picture to enlarge Sorry to anyone in Atlanta who could've used this information today, but I just noticed it now: a half-dozen fuel stations are offering E85 for $1.85 a gallon tomorrow. The low price - subsidized/sponsored by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), Clean FUEL ...

Could ethanol become a classroom political issue? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Ready to do your part to promote ethanol? EPIC's "Fuel The Change" video contest now open 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Trying to get citizens to do the heavy lifting of ethanol promotion, the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council has opened up a commercial contest with a big cash prize. The call for short entries (27 seconds is the maximum length) asks for people to "Tell us in less than 30 seconds how ethanol ...

Need some good news about ethanol? EPIC's got you covered 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As I wrote yesterday, even people in Kansas have a hard time supporting corn ethanol. Still, the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) has never let problems with the biofuel's negative impact get in the way of talking it up at every chance. Now, that good news is going to go into ...

Ethanol promoters say ethanol is one "realistic solution" to high oil prices 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Even though this week's $100-a-barrel oil prices were a bit of a false alarm, expensive oil is not a joke. In response to the record rate, the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) released a statement that calls ethanol one of the "realistic solutions to our dependence on a dwindling ...

Does ethanol blending really reduce American gas prices by 45 cents a gallon? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) is never going to say anything bad about ethanol. It's an organization made up of ethanol producers and industry leaders and their whole job is to, well, promote ethanol. But the group's latest pro-ethanol release is a bit astounding: "According ...

Not a lot of competition, apparently, for Ethanol Fast Lap at Indy 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I wrote about Sam Hornish, Jr.'s initial win of $2,500 Ethanol Fast Lap contest at the Indy 500 a little over a week ago and now there's updated news. There are a total of five of these Ethanol Fast Lap days this month, four of which have now taken place. Turns out, Hornish has won the competition ...

US Energy Secretary going to Indianapolis for Ethanol Day tomorrow 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman will promote Ethanol during an appearance at Ethanol Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tomorrow, Energy Efficient Motorsport. Rahal Letterman Racing, which runs a car supported by Team Ethanol, invited Bodman, who will do a press conference about ethanol in ...

South Dakota Office of Tourism giving away $20 ethanol vouchers 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

South Dakota is making it a little bit easier to see Mt. Rushmore or the Corn Palace in a green car. The state office of tourism is mailing out up to 3,000 $20 ethanol vouchers to drivers to spend when they fill up with some sort of ethanol-related fuel in South Dakota. As of today, there are 64 ...


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