Any “alternative energy” program, if viable, will be self-supportive. If ethanol were so great, it would be a no-brainer, and would not need subsidies which not only make the cost of our fuel more expensive, but really are an additional tax on all parts of our economy - because what is essentially “burning our food” for fuel causes feed and nearly all commodities to skyrocket.
Only government could come up with an "alternative energy scheme" that a.) made filling your tank more expensive, b.) actually burned more fuel to go a given distance and c.) did nothing to reduce pollution.
And, at the very same time, inflated food prices.
Only government could conceive of such a scheme. If it had been proposed in the private sector, it would've been laughed out of every board room in the country (with the possible exception of General Electric's).