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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (4956)	6/16/2008 11:19:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

Actually, there are relatively few places in the US you can grow Sugar Cane. However, Sugar Beets were a popular crop in my home state, and their sucrose content is comparable to Cane.. In fact, the majority of sugar grown in the US comes from Beets. rurdev.usda.gov But I still think it's truly a mistake to mix energy and food commodities. And agricultural solutions will still require substantial quantities of fertilizer and fuels for harvest. All to produce a bio-fuel that can't be transported in our national petroleum distribution pipelines. Hawk