: About Me

America's response to increasing oil prices and global warming has been to look for alternative fuel sources. One fuel in particular is getting the lion's share of publicity and investment. That fuel is ethanol, typically in the form of E85 fuel, a mixture of 85 percent gasoline and 15 percent ethanol. Politicians love ethanol because they know that subsidizing ethanol made from corn is popular with farmers, an important voting block in many states. American automakers promote it because so called "flex fuel" vehicles are one of the only areas where they enjoy technological superiority ove...