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Fashionable to blame ethanol

It has “become fashionable to blame everything from high gas prices to high food prices on the production of ethanol,” says Fred Keeley, a former California State Assemblyman and current treasurer of Santa Cruz County.  “Those arguments, to be generous, are an exaggeration.”

We agree.  Fred lays out the pros and cons of ethanol in a refreshing style, concluding with “Ethanol is a good bridge on the road to a future free of fossil fuels.”  Additionally, “the fact is corn-based ethanol production has a very small impact on food prices.”

“The use of ethanol in the United States is energy efficient, cleaner for the environment, saves Americans money and reduces our dependence on consumption of foreign oil.”

Source: Capitol Weekly
Photo: Steve Laufer