[CA Conservative]

Even if what you say is true, that is not a reason for a federal mandate. If ethanol is as wonderful as you say, it should be able to compete in the market without the Feds requiring it to be used.

It's no different than paying McDonnell Douglas to build aircraft for the military.

There is absolutely no comparison. If the government was paying the ethanol producers to supply ethanol to the military, THAT would be the same.

[xzins]

They are paying McDonnell Douglas for national security. And a loss indemnified fortune. Ethanol is a tax break that encourages both production and consumption. It is pennies compared to 100 percent plus. You’re right it’s no comparison, but it’s not the tax break for refiners that is the greater subsidization.