[Purrybonker]

Lots of weaknesses to the ethanol argument. Strange that something so seemingly straight forward can be so divisive. The problem really always loops back to the same thing....

Excess consumptive demand for energy.

Americans simply will not break themselves of the habit, God bless them. Like in everything else, the American consumer will just keep right on consuming up 'till the bitter end. Which may be coming very soon on the heels of a debt implosion.

US used to be the world's biggest creditor - now it's the world's biggest debtor.

Ethanol is just another iteration of the same problem. It is a necessary oxygenate (replaces the dirty MBTE, as well all know) and an octane enhancer and appears to have a moderating impact on imported oil by exchanging a portion of what we burn in our engines with a renewable resource (corn or sugar, etc.) But the weaknesses are in the energy consumption needed to produce it and the government incentives or regulations needed to make it feasible for investment.

Forget the stop-gap solutions Americans - just slow down your damn consumption....