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Majority of Americans Support Ethanol

Taking the article (Majority of Americans Supporting Ethanol dated July 20, 2008 by Tim Phaehn) at face value, it would have been most appreciated to have been provided, most importantly, the questions presented in the survey contracted by Renewable Fuels Associate . . . primarily to determine whether the survey questions were center-balanced.

It would also have been reasonable that all of those participating in such a survey also had an acceptable base-line knowledge of economics and global alternative markets of ethanol & methanol.

Had the participants' level of competency been rated average or higher, I would bet the survey respondents supporting ethanol (derived from a food source) use in the US would be a percentage equal to or lessor than the current approval of the US Congress:
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Ethanol Update: Crush Spread Plunges, Bush Expresses Concern

My interpretation of George Bush's quote (I look forward to the day when people in the parts of our country that have got a lot of forests are able to convert wood chips into fuel...The job of the federal government is to expedite [this] arrival.") is that he (George Bush) wants to encourage total deforestation on US soil. That doesn't sound good for the bird population unless one is considered to be a bird-brain.