[richardtavor]

Not to mention the ground water that is wasted. What an insane policy..

[NVDave]

If people really wanted to do something about wasting water, we’d outlaw golf courses and lawns.

[org.whodat]

Don't skip the sugar, takes a lot of sugar to make good corn liquor.

[xjcsa]

Not to mention the ground water that is wasted. What an insane policy..

I agree that it's insane policy, for all the reasons listed above. That said, the "uses too much water" argument is irrelevant here in Iowa. We're not short on water here, and it's not like the water becomes something other than water in the process. This is not by any means a defense of our idiotic ethanol policy, though.

[businessprofessor]

Corn-based ethanol is an economic, environmental, and moral disaster. If there is anything that the left and right should agree on, it is corn-based ethanol.