[greasepaint]

every gallon of ethanol produced,
is 2/3 of a gallon of petroleum
that no longer needs to come from the middle east.

if the US does not turn corn into ethanol,
and exports the corn,
someone else will turn the corn into ethanol.

[Leisler]

Ethanol, in this country, uses more energy( fuel ) than it produces.

If Ethanol wasn't subsidized by other taxpayers, and was taxed like any other fuel, it would be way, way more expensive per gallon, let alone by power( something like 1.15 gallons of eth is needed to supply the power of a gallon of 87 octane gasoline.)

[MarkL]

every gallon of ethanol produced, is 2/3 of a gallon of petroleum that no longer needs to come from the middle east.

I've been against ethanol for quite some time. First off, butanol is a much better fuel, much closer in potential energy to gasoline. Secondly, it's easier to get from a wider selection of sources. And most importantly (IMHO), you're not setting up a competition between foodstuffs and energy sources.

Mark

[dalereed]

"someone else will turn the corn into ethanol."

Let them burn that lousy fuel then.

Eliminate all the subsidies ons it and we won't have to put up with it.