emily x

The Case Against Ethanol

"Ethanol is 20% less efficient than gasoline. It takes 450 pounds of corn, for instance, to produce the ethanol to fill a seventeen gallon fuel tank. ... And it takes more than one gallon of fossil fuel - coal, oil and natural gas- to produce one gallon of ethanol."

Not to mention the amount of water it takes to grow the corn -- a very water-intensive crop. I agree w/ your premise that the whole ethanol thing is a charade. Your idea that it's a "liberal feel-good program," however, is plainly contradicted by the full-blast, and as usual unconsidered, support it has gotten from this president.