If we're politically realistic, at this point, Bush wouldn't get higher approval ratings if he captured Osama with his bare hands on live TV. I'm no trying to bash W, but reality is, the administration is on life support and this isn't helping.
Do you have any idea how many vehicles on the road DO NOT support the use of ethanol? There was a guy on here yesterday whose 2003 got screwed up by a gas/ethanol mix..
"He also needs to have a plan for alternative sources of energy. If Brazil can convert to ethanol, why can't the U.S.?"
We can and we are. Brazil started this in the 80's when dictators ruled the country. The only good thing they did for the country was force mass ethanol refinery build & distribution and subsidized the industry. The government recouped it's investment by forcing the people in the 90's to buy the drastically more expensive ethanol blend. Brazil now produces enough supply for the entire population but at certain times they migrated, brief shortages appeared.
The USA uses 500 times more gasoline then Brazil. To scale up our own ethanol production takes time. Brazil had the perfect crop for cellulosic ethanol from sugar cane. Here in the states, we have ample corn but are still perfecting the blend to not corrode metal pipes so it can be shipped this method instead of truck/train. Shipping truck/train adds a big cost to the product. Then we have to build more ethanol refineries and those pipelines which both take years.