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1) 2007 Mark Jacobson of Stanford University shows ethanol worse for air and health
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070418072616.htm

2) December 2008 - Mark Jacobson of Stanford University research shows ethanol worst alternative fuel polluter
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2009/january7/power-010709.html

3) Audio of Mark Jacobson of Stanford University telling his ethanol story
http://www.podtech.net/home/2646/mark-jacobson-the-truth-about-ethanol

4) Climate forcing and air quality change due to regional emissions
reductions by economic sector

Abstract - http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2008/Shindell_etal_3.html
Full Report - http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2008/2008_Shindell_etal_3.pdf

5) Midweek increase in U.S. summer rain and storm heights suggests air pollution invigorates rainstorms.
http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/viewPaperAbstract.php?id=1096

6) 2007 United States greenhouse gas report does not mention low level ozone, VOC's, or NMVOC's
ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/oiaf/1605/cdrom/pdf/ggrpt/057307.pdf

7) Idahoans go out of their way to get non ethanol gasoline because of mileage and poor performance
www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/592396.html

8) Poisoning for profit - the tetraethyl lead story - part 1
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/feb2004/poll-f02.shtml

9) Poisoning for profit - part 2
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/feb2004/poll-f03.shtml

10) 4 - 7% water hydrous ethanol blended with gasoline better for mileage and emissions than anhydrous, good for engines
http://www.heblends.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=25

11) 2004 Every gallon of fuel sold in Brazil is bended with at least 25 percent hydrous ethanol
http://www.ethanol-producer.com/article.jsp?article_id=948

12) Blending 96% ethanol 4% water hydrous ethanol with gasoline first discovered
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3981

13) 2004 article - GM to produce Brazilian vehicles to run on hydrous ethanol-gasoline blends or natural gas by 2007
http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=951

14) Ethanol makers want to add more than the legal limit of ethanol even though it doesn't work
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/pummeled-by-wall-street-crisis-ethanol--producers-turn-to-washington-for-help-2008-12-02.html

15) MTBE causes 12% increase in formaldehyde emissions; cold starts produce emissions of MTBE; MTBE used to reduce carbon monoxide emissions during winter
http://www.tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/public/mtbe/mtberpt/vol3_1.pdf

16) MTBE required for ozone nonattainment regions
http://epw.senate.gov/105th/sul_9-16.htm

17) Clean Air Act admits severe problems with low level ozone (search ozone)
http://www.american.edu/TED/clean.htm

18) Role of aerosols in climate, weather, and hurricanes -
http://www.essl.ucar.edu/LAR/2006/strategic-goals/sp7/sp7.htm

19) Search "Texas air quality study" (bottom of the page) -
http://www.essl.ucar.edu/LAR/2007/strategic-priorities/sp2/index.php

20) 2007 research on aerosol affects on cloud formation -
http://www.ral.ucar.edu/lar/2007/goal_1/

21) Tropospheric Photochemistry -
http://www.acd.ucar.edu/ASR/2003/ASR2003ACDnarrativev11.htm

22) Historical Overview of Climate Change Science -
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter1.pdf

23) Autumn Foliage May Affect Air Quality and Climate -
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/newsreleases/2001/leaves.html

24) Warm air from cities can collide with water vapor from a near by source causing rain downwind of a city and affecting winds hundreds of miles away - http://www.ucar.edu/communications/staffnotes/0603/cities.shtml

25) Aerosols emissions from both manmade and natural sources cause different kinds of cloud formation - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/aerosol_cloud_nucleation_dimming.html

26) Ozone peaks at the end of the day and rises into the upper atmosphere - http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20080922/NEWS/809210262/1042?Title=Speakers
__Air_quality_in_WNC_is_poor

27) Volatile Organic Compounds, VOC's from trees mix with manmade gases to produce low level ozone - http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/chemistry/pollution.php

28) October 2008 article - Ozone issue needs its own 'Kyoto' -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/oct/06/ozone.pollution

29) California government resource page for oxygenates -
http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/gasoline/oxy/oxy.htm

30) U.K. - Institute of Science in Society - "burning ethanol produces carcinogens and increases ozone levels in the atmosphere."- Dr. Mae-Wan Ho - http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ECBNESEB.php

31) Missouri Drops Ethanol Blends Causing Gas Prices To Plummet -
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013205894

32) Brazilian ethanol to sponsor Indy races - http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081121/NEWS/81121025/1002/NEWS01

33) U.S. and Brazil sign pact in 2007 to work together to advance ethanol technology -
http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/21/us-dept-of-energy-and-brazil-to-commercialize-biofuels/

34) EPA's hydrous ethanol engine low emissions high mileage -
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/presentations/sae-2002-01-2743-v2.pdf

35) Study comparing Wisconsin fuel efficiency before ethanol to Minnesota's after -
http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2007/09/wisconsin-tops-minnesota.html

36) Drew Shindell testimony Congressional Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Jan. 30,2007, U. S. House of Representatives - http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20070130113315-90082.pdf

37) President Bush and the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development -
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/fs/50314.htm

38) Hansen lashes out at Bush for censoring his work in January of 2005 -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19162-2005Jan18.html

39) January 2008, Mark Bowen publishes book - "Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming." - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17926941

40) NASA Climatologists Named in Scientific American Top 50 Scientists - http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/sa_top50.html

41) Hydrous ethanol injected into air intake of diesel engine to produce 40 % better fuel efficiency - http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=5054

42) Mechanics Blame Ethanol Fuel for Engine Woes - http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=
7846462&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

43) Advancing the understanding of ground-level ozone pollution -
http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_ozone.html

44) Viscon testing in Texas to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and provide new technology to refiners - http://www.tercairquality.org/NTRD/Projects/N-029

45) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Viscon PB additive to gasoline approval notification - http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/implementation/air/sip/texled/viscon_approval_letter.pdf

46) NASA says low level ozone causing 50% of arctic warming -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11838578/

47) German research: adding hydrous ethanol to gasoline - http://www.heblends.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27

49) Germany: Gasoline blending with hydrous ethanol reduces costs and saves energy - http://www.mindsinmotion.net/index.php/mim/themes/alternative
_fuels/news/gasoline_blending_with_hydrous_ethanol

50) Ford Promises 30% Better Mileage Using Ethanol Injection -
http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/ford-promises-30-better-mileage-using-ethanol-injection/

51) Typical mileage loss story about ethanol -
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S656290.shtml?cat=300

52) James Hansen - Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? - http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TargetCO2_20080407.pdf

53) Article on Hansen's new publishing; CO2 with no mention of other gases - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081108155834.htm

54) Australia socialists: Hansen says ten years to stop global warming -
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/774/39930

55) NASA Measurements Show Greenhouse Gas Methane on the Rise Again -
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/10-29-2008/0004914146&EDATE=WED+Oct+29+2008,+11:16+AM

56) Who Killed the Electric Car? -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car

57) James Hansen in 2000 on methane and ozone being worse than CO2 - http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/08/16/nasa.greenhouse.enn/index.html

58) James Hansen: "The threat to the planet" - July 2006 -
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19131

59) Ethanol vehicles pose significant risk to health, new study finds -
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april18/ethanol-041807.html

60) GTA Fuel Enhancer with Viscon -
http://www.need4speedpower.com/gtafuel.html

61) Ultimate ME2 article -
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/2408

62) EYI Announces Ultimate ME2 Receives EPA Registration -
http://www.collagendiet.com/ultimateME2.htm

63) How Ultimate ME2 works -
http://test.myultimateme2.com/products.php

64) Put a polymer in your tank -
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3739/is_/ai_n8926653

65) EcoSense Solutions develops ethanol combustion carburetor -
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=2442

66) Mix 20% water with pure ethanol and efficiency in the combustion chamber doubles - gasoline made from garbage and biomass - http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/25/everyday-waste-to-become-gasoline/

67) China debuts reformulated hydrous ethanol; can blend with any concentration of gasoline - http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/07/03/chia-debuts-reformultaed-hydrous-ethanol-can-blend-with-any-concetration-of-gasoline/

68) Hydrous ethanol alternative costs 60 percent less to produce -
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/01/07/china-car-maker-achieves-breakthrough-on-hydrous-ethanol-alternative-to-ethanol-costs-60-percent-less-to-produce/

69) Emissions from hydrous anhydrous ethanol -ozone/PANs - http://74.125.45.104/unclesam?q=cache:No9IXgzbnNAJ:www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/70761-IYKlDc/webviewable/70761.pdf+hydrous+ethanol&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us

70) Anhydrous ethanol can't be transported in pipelines -
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April06/Features/Ethanol.htm

71) Ethanol causes 20 to 30% mileage loss -
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/ethanol.shtml

72) Louisiana adopts advanced biofuels initiative -
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1766

73) Hydrous Ethanol Can be Effectively Used in Most Ethanol/Gasoline Blending Applications - http://renergie.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/hydrous-ethanol-can-be-effectively-used-in-most-ethanolgasoline-blending-applications/

74) U.S. EPA on oxygenates -
http://www.epa.gov/MTBE/gas.htm

75) Ohio - Gasoline requires 10 percent anhydrous ethanol additive -
http://74.125.45.104/unclesam?q=cache:YZgo-wBA6ugJ:www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/regs/3745-72/3745-72-07.pdf+anhydrous+ethanol+gasoline&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us

76) Ethanol mandate for gas dropped: CRITICS APPLAUD CHANGE, SAY ADDITIVE NOT NEEDED. - http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12748729_ITM

77) Ethanol added to gasoline causes low level ozone problems in urban areas -
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/16/BAG04H9IQG1.DTL&type=printable