When Ethanol first came out, I thought it was stupid. They put 10% ethanol in the gas and we got 10% less gas mileage...no savings of gas at all.
But then I upgraded cars and this one does a better job of making use of the ethanol.
So maybe it saves gas. And “if” oil is a finite resource and ethanol is renewable. Then maybe it makes sense to use ethanol to stretch the oil supply.
And if it helps defund terrorist states that produce oil, so much the better.
Some have claimed there are better more efficient sources of ethanol than corn. And that should be looked at.
Some have claimed that too much gas is used in the production of ethanol, but I recently read that 0.05 gallons of gas are used per gallon of ethanol produced.
I still think we should build nuclear plants like crazy. And we should invest in physics research and alternative fuel research. But we shouldn’t fund mass production until research shows it’s reasonably viable. We should never be dependent on foreign countries for energy.
I would say this, I do not except Cruz’s lame excuses for his TPA and corker bill votes or his flip flopping on amnesty. And I am the first one to call out Cruz supporters when they twist themselves into pretzels explaining why Cruz went out of his way to give obumber and the dems full control over trade policy and surrender to Iran. As Trump supporters, lets not fall into using twisted logic to explain his Ethanol subsidies. It’s a petty issue that will not matter one vote outside of Iowa. And it pails in comparison to TPP, Iran deal and amnesty.