[Mase]

Just to make things sweeter, the U.S. has erected import tariffs on imported ethanol of more than 50 cents/gallon to defend against lower cost imports of that Brazilian ethanol. This helps to inflate the price of ethanol to the consumers, quite similar to the tariffs erected to protect the US sugar lobby.

Proving once again that it's not about energy independence at all. Instead, it's all about providing benefits to special interest groups at the expense of taxpayers. Ain't protectionism grand?

[phoenix0468]

Kittymonky says hybrids are the way to go!!

[Toddsterpatriot]

Instead, it's all about providing benefits to special interest groups at the expense of taxpayers.

But Willie Green said tariffs and subsidies guaranteed a larger supply at lower prices. He couldn't have been wrong, could he?

[sportutegrl]

This is all a gift to the corn lobby, Archer Daniels Midland. These people are the lobby kings. Remember the food pyramid? They actually lobbied to have it require 9-11 servings of grains/cereals. Does anyone actually believe we need 9-11 servings of grains/cereals per day? Has anyone read Adkins? You're (ADM) the reason the kids are ugly, darlin'.