So it used to be that Ethanol made gas a little more expensive. Well, not anymore. Even with the recent lowering of gas prices, it's still pretty darn expensive. And President Bush's solution? .... Let's rape are protected lands for more oil!!!!
Hold on a minute! What about ethanol? Not only is it fuel made from PLANTS (renewable) but it actually reduces pollution! The more we make of this stuff, the less oil we need and the cleaner the air will be. What's the hold-up?
I think it's the oil industry. Deep pockets, you know. And our own resistance to change. Some people see "ethanol blend" on the gas pump and they think that it's a problem. It's not a problem! Ethanol is the best part of that fuel!
There are evidently a few old studies that say it takes more energy to create ethanol than the fuel provides, but that is not so. With modern production processes, ethanol creates at least 77% more energy as a fuel than it takes to creat it.
Ethanol plants are good for the local economies where they are located. Also, new technology will allow ethanol to be made from "cellulosic" fieldstocks like corn stalks, grain straw, paper pulp, municipal solid waste and others. Isn't that exciting?
Help for our environment and and our oil dependence is SOOOO close, if only we would just put the necessary resources behind it. It won't fix everything that needs fixing, but sure will bring us a long way forward.
The oil industry should stop spending money on bribing our politicians to rape our protected lands and start spending money on developing ethanol and other alternative fuels. We WILL move beyond oil some day. There is no reason for the oil companies to get left out in the cold if they are willing to help us create this brighter future.
To read more about ethanol, check out http://www.ethanol.org/index.htm
You can write to Congress at http://capwiz.com/ethanol/home/
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