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To: RetiredNow who wrote (327832)	3/3/2007 11:03:31 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576159

re: What I don't understand, though, is why in hell does the US impose a tariff on imported ethanol, but not on imported oil? This quote is pretty clear: In a letter to President Bush on Thursday, Senator Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa, said he failed to understand “why the United States would consider spending U.S. taxpayer dollars to encourage new ethanol production in other countries.” Special interests trump the national interest in the current political situation. And it's a bipartisan failure; both Reps and Dems in congress. Even Obama want to protect the corn growers... he's from Illinois. That's why it's so important to get the President on board; they have to put the national interest ahead of the regional interests. re: Oil gets all sorts of tax breaks and incentives and no tariffs and ethanol and other alternatives get no significant incentives and tariffs for imports. Ethanol gets incentives but again it's based on special interests not pragmatism. re: We need to bust this oil oligarchy once and for all. This part makes a lot of sense short term: “The good thing is that a poor country can reduce what it pays for imported oil and earn money exporting this,” Mr. Simões said. “That way they will have more money to invest in social programs, and the production of energy will be democratized in the world, with 100 countries producing energy instead of just 15 or 20.” Still I think the ultimate solution will be electric vehicles. re: That article is an excellent start, but it's just like Bush. All starts and no finishing touches. This was a non issue a couple of years ago; a few weird people (like us) talking about it as a political and economic issue. Now you have the Bush admin, in bed with the energy companies, pushing alternative energy sources. If that doesn't demonstrate it's political and economic importance, nothing will. Al Gore be damned; we need Republicans to get smart. We need a consensus. With Bush (sort of) on board, and an upcoming Presidential election, I think alternative energy will be an upfront issue, and serious solutions will be ready to implement in '09. I'm not expecting anything substantial before then, except work on R&D and infrastructure from some smart and forward looking people. It's a really slow process, but I'm getting optimistic.