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May 10, 2008 - Ask Dub Schwartz!

Dear Dub,
Don't you think we should just stop importing oil now that we have ethanol? Isn't it great that we found something to replace oil that's good for the environment?
Joe Green

Time to put down the KoolAid Joe. Been paying attention to the news lately?

Seems that turning food supplies into fuel for cars might not be all it's cracked up to be.

The factories producing ethanol might use half of the US corn crop this year trying to meet the mandate. But that doesn't seem to bother worshipers at the Church of Ethanol.

So what if supermarket prices for cereals, meat, eggs, and dairy products all  get driven up? We're getting off of oil right?

Blindly rushing into anything generally ain't good for you, or me.

Alternative fuels are a good idea. But we should leave the corn on the cob for use at our summer picnics!

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