[ButThreeLeftsDo]

And.....no matter what they choose to make it out of.....the water and petroleum-based energy required to manufacture ethanol outstrips the cost of producing traditional fuels from crude oil.

Ethanol is cheaper at the pump (for now) due to government subsidies (taxes).

[hoosierham]

The whole program was and is a gift to corn farmers and Archer-Daniels-Midland.

There isn't any Constitutional authority for any bailout;but that won't stop the politicians.

[az_gila]

Just got some “price war” unleaded in Las Cruces, NM at $1.17/gall.... and one of it's selling points was that it was ethanol-free...:^) - unlike the AZ stuff.
It was a Fina station on the 10 freeway.