[Imc-summaries] Ethanol For Fuel Fundamentally Uneconomic, Study Says

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Thu Aug 16 00:12:53 CDT 2001


Ethanol's boosters range from family farmers to agri-business giants like Archer-Daniels-Midland. The problem that none of them mention is that less energy is created than is put in, resulting in a net energy loss to the nation from this misguided policy. Obsequient politicians of both parties play along with this lie, shilling for more contributions by voting for something that makes no practical sense. Subsidies should be directed at saving family farms, not padding the profits of corporate criminals, like ADM. ML

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