Write your reps in DC. They're all available via e-mail, and their staff
actually reads and replies to them if you include your home mailing
address.
The administration has approved 15% ethanol in gas for 2001 and newer cars.
If you don't write your reps in the House & Senate, it's only going to get
worse.
- Tom
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Steven Guterman <an5.sprite at gmail.com>wrote:
> It is called a very powerful farm lobby. Not only do they force the use of
> ethanol, but they also restrict cheaper ethanol imports from Brazil that
> can
> make the stuff at 1/2 the price using sugar cane. The final killer is due
> to the use of ethanol form corn, feed stock prices have gone up making our
> food more expensive.
>
> Misguided and stupid policy even if ethanol was good.
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It irritates me that the government practically mandates it, and at
> > the same time makes auto makers improve fuel mileage.
> > I suppose we the people are subsidizing the crap, too.
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