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How does it make sense to subsidize a product that diverts food producing agriculture to fuel producing?
The result thus far is an inferior product that has had minimal impact on emissions and crude consumption. The direct costs to produce ethanol are greater than any potential savings that might be realized in the near future, and the indirect costs will continue to compound at an increasing rate no matter how low the ethanol production costs become. Far too much time, effort, and money has been wasted on a fuel that has sub-par energy, a shorter shelf life, and can only be used in small percentages in the millions of engines that have already been produced.
When the proposed solution creates more wide-spread problems without eliminating the original issue, then it's time to go back to the drawing board and find another option.
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