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The problem really isn't ethanol. The problem seems to be our politicians accepting huge sums of money from the Agri-business community to make corn ethanol a staple of our society. In the meantime, Brazil has been making ethanol for years out of sugarcane with great success. It has a much higher BTU ratio than corn and you get 3 times more product per acre than corn. Unfortunately, our government imposes an import tax of 54 cents/gallon on it making it cost prohibitive to import.

We are now seeing the end results of massive campaign contributions to those in charge. Again, the little guy gets screwed.