I have read, in many sources, that ethanol doesn't provide more energy than it takes to create it:

http://unisci.com/stories/20013/0813012.htm

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031128.html

And to show how wasteful the program has been:

http://www.cato.org/dailys/7-10-97.html

I would love to see a renewable green energy source, but from what I have read, ethanol is not that source.

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