The Ethanol Debacle

By Alan Caruba

"Hating so-called 'fossil fuels' (coal, oil, and natural gas) with a passion, the environmentalists have perpetrated every deception possible and among them is the notion that Americans can avoid destroying the Earth if they just fill up the tanks of their automobiles with ethanol.

As I have pointed out in the past, the world is not running out of oil, and here in the United States, we have enough reserves of coal to provide electricity and other needs for centuries to come. So who has the new Democrat majority in Congress declared persona non grata? The oil industry. Their proposed 'answer' to our transportation energy needs is ethanol.

Instead of pandering to the environmentalist's obsession over fossil fuels, Congress should be making areas in and around the United States more accessible to exploration and extraction of known oil and natural gas supplies. That is the true definition of 'energy independence.' " Continue reading....