http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4237539.html?page=2

Very well summarized op-ed, from a very conservative magazine, that explains
why politicians are so hot to require Ethanol fuel production when the
current system actually requires as much or more fossil fuels to produce a
mile of travel from Ethanol than from just traveling that mile by burning
gasoline.

Short answer: Corporate welfare. The big winners are ADM (fertilizer),
Monsanto (GM Roundup Ready corn), Ford (E85 trucks), and BP (another major
contributor to the Bush campaign) among many others.

And how are they getting away with it? You're letting them.

There is no doubt that better systems could be developed which will increase
the yield or provide other source crops, but as far as I can tell, that
research is not being funded; the mandate for more Ethanol is simply that: A
mandate. Hopefully, the parties involved will fund that research, but in the
mean time, the extra goes from my bottom line (in the form of higher gas and
food prices) onto theirs.

--
James


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