We can only hope:
Has the federal government's appetite for ethanol ended? A bipartisan group of Senators signed a letter today calling for an end to subsidies and tariffs designed to protect and enhance domestic production of ethanol, which has been until recently the darling of the alternative-energy movement.
The letter in question notes that historically, our government has helped a product compete in one of three ways: subsidize it, protect it from competition or require its use. "We understand that ethanol may be the only product receiving all three forms of support from the US government at this time."
It's long past time for those efforts to cease. Converting food to fuel not only doesn't work as a replacement for gasoline, it expands starvation by artificially inflating corn prices and making it more difficult to purchase.
Amen.
