April 13, 2010
Growth Energy Announces First National Ethanol TV Campaign (Farm Futures)
On Monday Growth Energy launched a national television campaign to promote ethanol. The six-month campaign will air spots on four cable networks and focus on the specific messages of Independent, Clean, Renewable, Peace, Sensible and Economic aspects of ethanol.
"Ethanol is America's fuel," said Growth Energy Co-Chair General Wesley Clark. "We can make all the ethanol we need right here in this country. We don't have to ship it; it's right here."
Clark went on to talk about the fact that the Navy and Marines are not needed to protect the ethanol supply and that the real cost of America's oil addiction is what it means for our armed forces.
"We are engaging our armed forces to secure America's access to energy," Clark said. "The devotion of an entire naval group halfway around the world, not to protect America, but to protect the economy of our nation in a part of the world so volatile, so violent, so turbulent that we've been involved there in almost continuous warfare for almost 20 years. And what's the cost? What's the cost to the Treasury of the United States? What's the cost in terms of lives?"
Clark said that this ad campaign will make the case for America's fuel and that it is a forceful case for ending the addiction to foreign oil. He says he feels that television is the best way to shape public opinion.
Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis agrees with Clark and explains that is the purpose of these advertisements.
