sfb wrote:

Ethanol is the ultimate
political boondoggle as it costs more BTUs to manufacture than it
provides.

But you don't have to use petroleum to provide those BTUs; consequently, it does
reduce dependence on foreign oil, and it does pollute less than petrol.

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