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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (65069)	5/29/2006 11:19:50 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 206092

Another Oil Field in Decline? Brazil has several advantages over U.S. agriculture, including inexpensive land, cheap labor and cheaper machinery. checkbiotech.org. Ethanol Plants And Pumps: What Are We Waiting For? Ethanol plants cost $75 million to build, vs. $1 billion for gasoline refineries, according to "Drunk on ethanol" (Finance, May 15). While output is smaller, these plants come online sooner and offer the benefits of significantly reduced pollution, jump-starting the economy of America's heartland, and reducing our dependence on countries led by dictators and/or sponsors of terrorism. In addition, the billions we are paying to fight wars every few years in oil-rich countries directly add daily to the human and financial costs of foreign oil. Seems like a no-brainer. Shame on our politicians for preventing us from following Brazil's lead and converting sooner. Incentives to independent gas stations to add E85 pumps is a much better solution than tax breaks or incentives to Big Oil to build refineries. Wade Anderson Sherwood, Ore. businessweek.com