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1-19-2009 1:30 PM
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Increasingly more subsidies are given to the production of corn ethanol at the expense of a diversified and sustainable energy future.

Ethanol lobbyists are pushing for more ethanol to be put into America’s gas powered vehicles which will require fuel system modifications. Fuel mileage improvement is negligible and does not reduce our dependence on fossil fuel.
http://www.americanfuels.info/2008/03/ethanol-and-fuel-mileage.html Ethanol fuel mileage
http://www.satireandcomment.com/sc0308ethanol.html The Ethanol Fallacy

Leadership in sustainable energy needs to:
# Phase out tax credits for corn ethanol and subsidize other biofuels only if they show clear promise to meet strict climate and environmental protection standards
# Rebalance the U.S. renewable energy and energy conservation portfolio to favor options that do the most to reduce fossil fuel use, safeguard the environment, spur more widely-shared economic development and increase energy security

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