>>>It shocks and saddens me that people on a conservative site can be either so blind or so dumb to the truth.<<<
I'm shocked at you too. And saddened. Deeply. :)
me? You and the other so called conservates are blinded by, hell, I don't know, personal interest or plain ignorance. Ethanol sucks as a fuel source. E10 contributes to air pollution
http://www.hamilton-consulting.com/updates/docs/dnr_final_e10revised_090805.pdf
And it must be subsidized to be remotely attractive.
The support for ethanol is not a conservative position. Subsidies are not a conservative position. Promoting inefficient use of resources is not a conservative position. Taxing a better fuel to support an inferior fuel is not a conservative position. Mandating use of ethanol is not a conservative idea.
But all those things are done by people like you - and they still think they are conservative. Conservatives respect the free market and freedom and choice. That is something the ethonal lobby hates - because if people had a free choice in the matter, they would not subsidize or buy ethanol.
I can see your interest - you're in a state that benefits most from being an ethanol parasite. But again, if iowa was primary #50, nobody would take your little inefficient fuel seriously. Be honest with yourself -that's the only reason anyone gives a damn about it. Oh, and ADM buys politicians to get a boatload of subsidies from everyone else's pocket.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket, and it's because of people like you who refuse to recognize the truth if it goes against their own agenda.