Let us drill our own oil fields, especially off of Florida before the Chinese take it all. I'm sure we'll do less damage to the environment than the Chicoms will and they will drill for the Cubans.
As the prices rise, market forces will adjust demand and new technologies will follow. Ethanol should be a part of the energy equation, along with new nukes, solar, wind, etc. But let's also open up the areas currently off limits to drilling.
What will the cows and hogs eat, and will popcorn prices go up? My dad was a farmer and I still remember the government paid him to not plant a portion of his available land. Is this just another way to to get just get ADM subsidies?