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Originally Posted by kmarei
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Thanks for the ""heads-up". Looks like the House of Reps. saw the light and effectively blocked the EPA's slipping this one through (but only by a procedural maneuver). It will be interesting to see if the ethanol lobbyists try to buy some House votes and get it re-introduced.
Somehow, the notion of stretching auto fuel by raising food prices, and using more net energy to distill ethanol than it provides (even if that energy is from electricity) does not seem very smart from any point of view, except that of the grain companies who will turn a tidy profit.