CNN did a 'broken government' special on how ethanol is being pushed for political purposes but doesn't solve environmental issues or dependence on foreign oil.   It was an enlightening look at of how ethanol doesn't work but is being sold to the American public.  Points made:

- ethanol plants are run on coal, one of the worst polluting fossil fuels.

- making ethanol requires 29% more fossil fuel than energy that comes out.

- cars run on ethanol require 20-30% more fuel.

- the government is planning to subsidize ethanol production (our tax dollars) to the tune of $5 billion per year.

- if all the corn in the USA was used for ethanol, it would only account for 7% of the fossil fuel used.

- and guess where a great deal of corn and ethanol is produced? - Iowa.  I have you heard of the Iowa caucuses. 

What do you think about ethanol? 

And why are we not looking at natural gas for fuel as it burns clean and we have the reserves? 

Google what T. Boone Pickens says about natural gas, a person who knows.  Also the ratio on a BTU basis for natural gas vs. oil is around 6.  Therefore on a BTU basis natural gas is like $50 a barrel oil.  So its cheaper, burns cleaner and we can source it in the USA.  See www.oilandgasinvest.com for the graphs of natural gas and oil.