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Shuck the Sheiks: Replacing Bloody Middle Eastern Oil with Clean Domestic Ethanol | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew Paul Zacharias
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $13.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1148264
Media: Paperback
Edition: 0
Pages: 126
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0595373992
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780595373994
ASIN: 0595373992
Publication Date: December 15, 2005
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Product Description
Shuck the Sheiks contains the facts about ethanol that the oil companies don t want you to know. Corn ethanol is currently blended in thirty percent of the gasoline sold in the United States, but it continues to be attacked in the press and in media coverage. Typical arguments include: it costs more to produce than it is worth or it is only affordable because of tax subsidies. Both of these messages are wrong! The oil companies marketing departments want you to believe such statements. Unfortunately, most of us do. In Shuck the Sheiks, author Andrew Zacharias shows the positive net energy balance of ethanol and the subsidies that oil receives from our tax dollars, making ethanol subsidies look like a pittance. Learn more about the positive environmental effects of ethanol, the economic benefit of producing domestic ethanol as opposed to foreign oil, and the amount of money the United States spends defending our oil supply with our military in the Middle East. The cost of importing foreign oil is too great for America, and every barrel that can be replaced will loosen the oil-noose from around our necks.
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 A Fair book for the size May 17, 2008
Luis Mansilla Miranda (Vina del Mar, Chile)
This is a fair, short book, that explain all the facts, not in detail, about 2C3H3OH, that is to say Ethanol. Truth is that this was the only introductory book I found about Ethanol and despite the short of it, I was able to learn some important facts about ethanol production, biofuels, advances in refinery and other ways to get ethanol like cellulosic ethanol. Thing is that, due to the high price of the barrel of oil, makes of major importance to begin using ethanol mixed with oil in car's fuel as a first step to other technologies, more expensive, like Hybrid cars or hydrogen fuel cells. But nothing comes free of problems -- the problem of biofuels is the effect on the reduction of soil for agriculture, meaning the reduction of food. We must not forget also the increase in world population --- there are so many challenges in the future, but we must start making changes and start adapting to a world with less oil in a sustainable way. Energy now is a matter of national security. Let's Shuck the Sheiks and Chavez!
 An interesting take on an important question December 17, 2006
Mr. PD Burns (London, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some of the criticisms made elsewhere may apply, but the bottom line is that this book is a quick read on an important topic that I cannot help but recommend. The author sounds like quite a character--I would like to meet him, have a beer and discuss the world.
 Critical Review May 4, 2006
David Bartelme
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was lacking in content. The author does not provide a clear researched critique of the economics and technologies. The book is filled with a lot of white space and meaningless quotes having nothing to do with the energy woes of the US. Ethanol is certainly one of the many solutions, but should not be touted as the answer to rid ourselves of foreign oil imports.
A passionate look at ethanol & alternative energy but needs to be expanded March 18, 2006
Cut Oil Imports.org
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Let's start with the positive first:
* A good basic introduction to oil (i.e. how it is used & where it comes from).
* Lots of data on why ethanol is more beneficial than gasoline.
* The author is passionate about solving America's energy crisis.
Now let's look at what needs to be improved:
* Extremely short book with lots of white space (only 110 pages long excluding the glossary and only about 70 pages long when you exclude all of the white space) and too many quotes from people like Julius Caesar.
* Looks like a college thesis paper.
* Lacks details regarding the actual production process for ethanol (some people would love to know how corn is actually converted into ethanol).
* Covers some important topics (such as cellulosic ethanol) with less than a sentence.
* Lacks the human touch.
Note to author - Next time, please add some stories about the people involved in this sector (such as the farmer, the ethanol plant manager, the E85 gas station attendant & the die-hard ethanol consumer). These people are leading the charge to reduce our dependence on foreign oil & improve the environment. They are sure to have many fascinating stories (and the addition of these tales would make your book more entertaining & informative).
Recommendation - Three stars. Good topic, lots of passion & data but book needs to be expanded (too many subjects get only minimal coverage).
Ethanol was good for Brazil. February 20, 2006
Dalton C. Rocha (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Here in Brazil, in 1975, the so called Proalcool(pro-ethanol in English) was lauched by our honest military government.Our left fight against it, all times, using money pumped by Iran's aiatollahs and even Saddam Hussein's US dollars..After all,just 9 years later, in 1984, ethanol was responsable for more than 20% of fuel volume, used here in Brazil.
In 1975, more than 82% of fuel used in Brazil was imported.In 1985, just 32% of brazilian liquid fuel was imported.Today, about ZERO% of liquid fuel used in Brazil, is imported.
This book is good, but has failures.One of then is te fact that it doesn't tell nothing about the possiblity of using the "trash" from the production of ethanol as another source of fuel.If you have hydrogen, you could produce far more energy, from sugar cane (and corn), than with normal tecnology.
To exemple, when you produce ethanol, you also produces CO2.If you have hydrogen, than you could transform it in a source of fuel.The process is this:
C6H12O6(sugar)------->2(C2H6O)[ethanol] + 2 CO2.
CO2 + 4H2(hydrogen) -->CH4(methan) + 2H2O(water) + energy.
In the waste from sugar cane(and corn) there's more energy than in ethanol itself.This waste can be transformed in hight quality diesel, by Fisher-Tropsch process.
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