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To: bentway who wrote (323704)	1/30/2007 11:44:35 AM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1587853

I've read that if we converted our ENTIRE corn production to ethanol production, it would replace 12% of our gasoline. Corn from ethanol is an extremely inefficient process. Ethanol from sugar cane, as in Brazil, is much more efficient. I am sure the premise is correct and there are better sources, however consider that the fed gov pays farmers subsidies which effectively limit corn production in favor of price preservation. It's why we have a $.58 cents a gallon tariff on imported ethanol. We could import all the ethanol we need much cheaper than we can produce it domestically. That would defeat goal of energy indipendence. Al