[thackney]

It has saved the importation of billions of barrels of foreign oil and will likely continue in that same vein.

Billions of Barrels of imports? Do you have any information related to the consumption and production of ethanol to support that?

Here is some more recent data:

http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/statistics/

[Neoliberalnot]

This is since the 70s when ETOH was gaining ground in the corn states. Keep in mind that many states mandate that at least 10% ETOH must be in gasoline.