Northern California CCDS

Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century

Alcohol can be a Gas

by David Blume

(On Feb 27, 2010 the Contra Costa County Chapter of CCDS will show a DVD interview with author David Blume. See announcement in sidebar.)

www.alcolholcanbeagas.com
A LITTLE HISTORY
 
In 1983, David Blume wrote and hosted a 10-part how-to television series called Alcohol as Fuel for KQED, the San Francisco PBS affiliate. He also wrote the definitive how-to book on ethanol, Alcohol Can Be A Gas!, which was going to be sold on the air.
The book was at the printer preparing to go to press, and the first airing of the television series in San Francisco was underway, to be followed by release to 140 PBS stations nationwide. Big Oil got wind of the project and convinced KQED to halt the printing and cancel the release of the series to the rest of PBS.

Although there were lawsuits, KQED's oil-funded lawyers crushed Blume, and the series ended up locked in KQED's vault, while the rights to the book went back to Blume. The book sat on the shelf for the past 20 years.

What's So Wrong With Socialism?

By Orval Strong

The main scare tactic used by El- Rushbo and his brainless cronies on the talk radio circuit is to brand anything they don’t like or disagree with as socialistic. As if to say that if you have anything to do with socialism, you are dangerous. They haven’t a clue of what real socialism is. To them Joseph Stalin was the epitome of a socialist.

A Legend in Her Own Time

An interview with Wilhelmina Trout, South African trade union activist

During their 2009 tour of southern Africa, members of the Vukani Mawethu Choir had an opportunity to meet with trade union activist Wilhelmina Trout. Trout has a long history of activism in the South American labor movement, from the early years under apartheid to the formation of Africa’s largest labor federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). She also served as coordinator for the Gender and Trade Union Education Project, at the Institute of Development and Labor Law at the University of Cape Town, Now retired, she works closely with the South African Service and Allied Workers Union, the Self Employed Women’s Union and the Sexual Harassment Education Project.