[kerryusama04]

And it only is financially possible with government subsidies. When economics are used, the foreign source was viable, the domestic from corn was not.

Remove the subsidies from all energy industries and then we can talk. I get chaffed every time this comes up with ethanol like ethanol is the only industry being subsidized by the man. Our tax code is a large source of our energy chaos. No ethanol subsidy will ever equal one year's worth of funding war in the middle east. I prefer men named Jim-bob and Obadiah to get my tax money over men named Hussein.

[thackney]

No will we sell any aircraft carriers or bombers if we become energy independent. The military expense exists for more than oil.