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Jonathan H. Adler • November 27, 2009 11:35 pm

Congress demanded oil refiners use more ethanol, but meeting the federal targets is going to be a problem. Now it’s up to the EPA to ease the mandate. Will they act?

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I see Ethanol as the only way out… but I don’t need it shoved up my rectum. If petrol goes up and Ethanol wins then it will be company imposed not government imposed.

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if corn is all accounted for. every last ear sold (supposedly, but I heard there is much waste because there wasn’t enough fuel to ship corn products). ethanol raises the price of corn. why is this a problem? the money and fuel produced can grow other crops elsewhere. but for starters we need to get rid of government subsidies. government subsidies create cash crop economies. ethanol can be produced by other organic material. I endorse ethanol, but we need to take the government out of the business. I don’t see foreign demand for our crops as a problem. if the price of corn goes up, then eat something else. supply and demand will keep us from putting all our food in our cars.