Ethanol
Raising corn to produce ethanol to power cars and trucks is unwise environmentally. Using ethanol blends actually increases some air pollution.
Ethanol contains less energy per gallon than gasoline does, so fuel economy declines. Ethanol can damage many cars, and for those made prior to 2007 it can do very serious damage to various seals, resulting in large repair bills, fuel leaks, and fires.
And of course dedicating all that corn to ethanol production rather than the food supply results in big price increases for food grade corn and horribly worsens famine in poor countries.
The answer for America to get off of foreign oil is to consume less. Raise fuel economy standards, greatly increase fuel taxes, thus encouraging people to drive fuel efficient cars. Ethanol is not part of the answer. In many ways it is like “clean coal.” There is no such thing, it is a total myth, just a nice sounding marketing phrase.
The only thing green about ethanol is the color of all that money the corn farming industry is contributing to the politicians.
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Ethanol contains less energy per gallon than gasoline does, so fuel economy declines. Ethanol can damage many cars, and for those made prior to 2007 it can do very serious damage to various seals, resulting in large repair bills, fuel leaks, and fires.
And of course dedicating all that corn to ethanol production rather than the food supply results in big price increases for food grade corn and horribly worsens famine in poor countries.
The answer for America to get off of foreign oil is to consume less. Raise fuel economy standards, greatly increase fuel taxes, thus encouraging people to drive fuel efficient cars. Ethanol is not part of the answer. In many ways it is like “clean coal.” There is no such thing, it is a total myth, just a nice sounding marketing phrase.
The only thing green about ethanol is the color of all that money the corn farming industry is contributing to the politicians.
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