J. D. Pendry

Since 2001, ethanol production has quadrupled from 1.6 billion gallons in 2000 to an estimated 6.4 billion gallons in 2007, with the vast majority coming from corn. In 2005, the United States became the world's leading ethanol producer, and last year, the U.S. accounted for nearly half of worldwide ethanol production. Whitehouse

That is one of the first links I encountered while perusing the Department of Energy website. It is right there with the links that are battling global warming and asking us to change the world by changing our light bulbs. Other things I see on the Whitehouse link are Renewable Fuels Mandate, Vehicle Fuel Economy Mandate, Lighting Efficiency Mandate, Appliance Efficiency Mandate… I really wonder if there are any functioning brains left in Washington, not to imply that there were ever many of them there in the first place. If we Mandate it, then it will be and San Fran Nan, Harry and now it looks like George as well can hold hands and skip merrily through Nan’s California vineyards.

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Contributed by J D on March 8, 2008 at 01:02 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink

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