Apparently Coors Lite is actually good for something.

The Democratic National Convention Committee has set a goal of making the 2008 convention in Denver the greenest convention ever. They’re going to recycle, reuse, or compost 85% of waste from the week, and some local citizens will even get paid not to drive their own cars into the downtown area while conventioneers are in town. Now the convention, General Motors and Molson Coors Brewing have announced a partnership to drive party officials, leaders, and dignitaries around town in flex fuel ethanol powered cars. Ethanol made with beer.

The fuel is being sourced from Molson Coors, based in Golden, Colorado. It has been on the company’s menu since 1996, The New York Times reports, saying the company’s “waste beer” is being regenerated into some 3 million gallons of vehicle-ready ethanol each year. The GM fleet includes vehicles already capable of running on E85, which is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.

We at DoubleSpeak heartily endorse the use of beer for nearly everything.

For those of you not familiar with Kinky Friedman, you are missing out. He is an independent and outspoken candidate for governor in Texas, USA. While he is flamboyant and at times a little over-the-top, he says smart things and I believe he is exactly what Texas needs to regain its reputation with America, post Duyba. He’s a candidate in the mold of former wrestler and governor of Minnesota Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura.

On Saturday, Kinky was caught taking a sip of Guinness while riding in a car during a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Apparently, he is in hot water for breaking the state’s open container laws.

Kinky’s response:

Guinness is the drink that kept the Irish from taking over the world. It would be unthinkable not to have a Guinness during a St. Patrick’s Day parade. In fact, it would be spiritually wrong.

Rock on Kinky Friedman! Good luck in your race and DoubleSpeak hopes to catch up with you soon.