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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (426989)	7/14/2003 6:37:20 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

We also find the demo-libs touting the benefits of ethanol for their big farm buddies to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars. heritage.org ETHANOL'S ENVIRONMENTAL DRAWBACKS Contrary to widespread misconception, ethanol is not environmentally safe, nor does it necessarily reduce poisonous emissions. While oxygenates such as ethanol do reduce emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), they can also result in increased emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a main precursor of smog pollution.32 In addition, ethanol can increase the likelihood that toxins found in gasoline, such as benzene, will seep into groundwater... CORPORATE WELFARE: SUBSIDIES AND PROTECTIONS The greatest beneficiaries of the ethanol mandate in the Senate-passed version of H.R. 4 would be the handful of companies that control the ethanol market. Many experts feel that the ethanol mandate in the Senate legislation's Title VIII amounts to blatant "corporate welfare. ...One company alone, Archer Daniels Midland, currently produces 41 percent of the nation's ethanol... __________________________________________________________ There are plenty of cornbelt GOP legislators who are "Dole"ing out ethanol pork as well. The whole system is truly disgusting.