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The new ethanol: A debate over corn, oil and progress

The Charlotte Observer -- The Obama administration must decide in coming weeks if it’ll temporarily lift requirements to blend ethanol into the nation’s gasoline supply. The issue has been largely dormant on the campaign trail, but it’s critical to the success or failure of the next generation of bio-fuel plants under construction today that won’t rely on corn to make fuel.
A public comment period ended in early October, and now the administration must decide by Nov. 13 whether or not to temporarily suspend the Renewable Fuel Standard, created in 2005 and modified in 2007 to help the ethanol industry get off the ground by requiring its use in gasoline.
Ethanol is required to be blended into gasoline to help keep pollution down, and it has the added benefit of lowering dependence on crude oil, about half of it imp

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bston Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:1,815 Points:641,300 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 11:47:11 PM Ignore bston Report Abuse We only use 100% gasoline.
07skydriver Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,255 Points:982,130 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 9:00:33 PM Ignore 07skydriver Report Abuse Romney can't remember his positions posted on his own web site. Obama is calling it a case of Romnesia.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,069 Points:1,447,350 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 2:41:46 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse 07skydriver: In this weeks debate Rob-me said he is for all types of alternative sources of energy including ETHANOL. Vote for Mhitt if you don't know s**t. Rmoney has shifted on so many positions over the past year, it's impossible to know what he really stands for except for making money by destroying US companies. A loss for Rmoney is a win for the American people.
qwerty17 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:3,650 Points:1,116,925 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 11:41:43 AM Ignore qwerty17 Report Abuse first of all, no food should be fuel. good intentions have gone wrong here. secondly, why wouldn't you temporarily lift requirement? people are having a tough time all over & gas is through the roof. get economy going by bringing gas prices down. businesses that drive for a living are stuck in the mud or failing.
bigt61 All-Star Author Virginia Posts:652 Points:203,065 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 9:31:36 AM Ignore bigt61 Report Abuse If ethanol is made from corn stover and is competitive in a free market, I have no problem with it. Choice and competition are what made this country great. Mandates and subsidies, not so much.
07skydriver Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,255 Points:982,130 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 6:29:21 AM Ignore 07skydriver Report Abuse In this weeks debate Rob-me said he is for all types of alternative sources of energy including ETHANOL. Vote for Mhitt if you don't know s**t.
WalkingWV Champion Author West Virginia Posts:3,701 Points:778,845 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 7:52:13 PM Ignore WalkingWV Report Abuse No, no, NO ETHANOL, EVER. Instant Gas Mileage Icrease Secret! NO ETHANOL, bring back lost MPG with NO ETHANOL, EVER.
bwatchingu Champion Author Arkansas Posts:1,740 Points:600,645 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 5:59:26 PM Ignore bwatchingu Report Abuse BAN ethanol forever
PathfinderSC Champion Author South Carolina Posts:9,514 Points:1,829,850 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 5:22:19 PM Ignore PathfinderSC Report Abuse The biggest Scam this Government has pulled. Ban ETHANOL NOW.
alterman156 Champion Author New York Posts:7,480 Points:1,556,550 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 4:37:42 PM Ignore alterman156 Report Abuse Ethanol should not be put into gasoline.
lesndave Champion Author Texas Posts:3,032 Points:700,180 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 4:19:57 PM Ignore lesndave Report Abuse Let's quit prolonging the death of ethanol and kill it once and for all now
KidKorona Sophomore Author California Posts:137 Points:233,320 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:22:19 PM Ignore KidKorona Report Abuse STOP Ethanol
Skunk63 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:2,556 Points:557,500 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:22:00 PM Ignore Skunk63 Report Abuse Ethanol is crap.
BurtB Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:5,164 Points:1,366,090 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:21:37 PM Ignore BurtB Report Abuse Will Obama lift the Ethanol requirement? NO.
SUNOIL Champion Author Toledo Posts:5,240 Points:1,925,030 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:00:58 PM Ignore SUNOIL Report Abuse Read my lips No More Ethanol
mitt4prez Champion Author Tacoma Posts:1,742 Points:1,245,225 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 10:28:50 AM Ignore mitt4prez Report Abuse All a suspension means is that when The Won's political needs are satisfied, wham, EPA can step on our necks again.
Mariuxus Champion Author Chicago Posts:3,755 Points:1,870,090 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 10:01:32 AM Ignore Mariuxus Report Abuse STOP Ethanol....
bar1035 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:9,152 Points:1,297,245 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 9:40:05 AM Ignore bar1035 Report Abuse Choice of E0 to E100 would be interesting
teenitup Champion Author Houston Posts:1,636 Points:248,960 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 9:22:36 AM Ignore teenitup Report Abuse This should be about freedom of choice in our markets. Something we are loosing for sure. The government is forcing us to buy healthcare insurance too.
bbchevy Veteran Author Ontario Posts:345 Points:308,265 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 9:21:58 AM Ignore bbchevy Report Abuse Same out same old.
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,992 Points:1,740,860 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 8:36:11 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse Its a shame that Monsanto, Cargill and ADM support financial greed over morals. There's other ways to make ethanol than from food. I have no objection over the current 10% mix if the source is not from a food crop.
RONALD777 Champion Author Houston Posts:2,432 Points:362,755 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 8:28:35 AM Ignore RONALD777 Report Abuse It is sad we have such dumb people making these important decisions.
52MPG Champion Author Dayton Posts:7,257 Points:1,740,730 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 8:19:35 AM Ignore 52MPG Report Abuse "the administration must decide by Nov. 13 whether or not to temporarily suspend the Renewable Fuel Standard, created in 2005 and modified in 2007 to help the ethanol industry get off the ground by requiring its use in gasoline."Do not expect a decision before the election.
SycamoreISU Champion Author Indiana Posts:1,040 Points:259,685 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 8:14:06 AM Ignore SycamoreISU Report Abuse Food should fuel living beings, not motors!
doeslayersr Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,111 Points:871,030 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 7:00:07 AM Ignore doeslayersr Report Abuse Alaydown - well stated!!! Ethanol needs to be a choice, not a mandate as well as the RFS. The RFS needs to be rescinded. [Edited by: doeslayersr at 10/18/2012 7:02:54 AM EST]
335d1 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,376 Points:758,070 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:45:53 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse If you want ethanol, use waste/non-food plants not corn.
el_fr Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,332 Points:743,725 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:38:47 AM Ignore el_fr Report Abuse Corn is for eating, not fuel
leeac Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,591 Points:432,930 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:32:40 AM Ignore leeac Report Abuse Dumbest idea ever - turning food into fuel.
07skydriver Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,255 Points:982,130 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:24:40 AM Ignore 07skydriver Report Abuse In the last debate Romney stated he is FOR ethanol. He said it, he wants it. Vote for Mhitt if you don't know s**t.
dr047 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:2,587 Points:516,470 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:09:08 AM Ignore dr047 Report Abuse George Bush signed ethanol into Law.
Alaydown Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:5,106 Points:821,570 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 5:18:36 AM Ignore Alaydown Report Abuse If you look at Obama's website, he only wants to increase the demand for bio-fuels. He does not want to lift any ethanol requirements. He has consistently maintained that these expensive alternative fuels should be pushed even harder regardless of their high cost. So Obama might say to the public while in campaign mode that he is for the poor and middle class, but the reality is that he only wants energy that costs us more and an energy policy that will lead us down the same failed path that Europe has gone.
RRBC Champion Author Victoria Posts:2,705 Points:529,065 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:42:26 AM Ignore RRBC Report Abuse Eat it, don't drive it seems to be the sentiment
MikeCapeCoral Champion Author Cape Coral Posts:1,927 Points:418,870 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:03:00 AM Ignore MikeCapeCoral Report Abuse Eat more corn!
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,546 Points:1,171,835 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:50:02 AM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Interesting!!
NatureBoyKY Champion Author Kentucky Posts:3,355 Points:1,294,750 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:44:13 AM Ignore NatureBoyKY Report Abuse The revolution against American grown ethanol to reduce imported oils is mystifying. There is a clearly well funded (big oil?) campaigne against it and I don't understand why more GB buddies don't get it!
goldrose1 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:10,931 Points:1,924,280 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:43:24 AM Ignore goldrose1 Report Abuse popped corn is good.
barber7796 Veteran Author Oklahoma Posts:426 Points:276,210 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:40:58 AM Ignore barber7796 Report Abuse Ethanol is here to stay.
roadrunnerMO Champion Author Kansas Posts:8,401 Points:1,698,490 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:16:33 AM Ignore roadrunnerMO Report Abuse NO MORE ETHANOL. NO MORE OBAMA.. TIME TO VOTE FOR CHANGE NOV 6TH.
comprof Champion Author Houston Posts:6,854 Points:1,355,775 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:15:19 AM Ignore comprof Report Abuse And after a few golf trips, a few vacations, a few campaign speeches, and a few money raising parties with his entertainment friends, he ,ay , if ti,e permits, consider it.
Mowerman08 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:4,755 Points:1,217,020 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:14:21 AM Ignore Mowerman08 Report Abuse Removing ethanol from gas will save gas and other forms of energy.
pulpwood Champion Author Mississippi Posts:7,379 Points:1,859,605 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:04:13 AM Ignore pulpwood Report Abuse Brazil knows Ethanol.
yakstar Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,415 Points:478,670 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:04:08 AM Ignore yakstar Report Abuse use it for popping corn, that's all!
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,480 Points:1,670,195 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:03:41 AM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse Thomtec... care to elaborate on your answer of "ok"... pretty lame, if you ask me. Care to spendooo
HoBuddy2012 Sophomore Author Toronto Posts:161 Points:155,050 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:03:27 AM Ignore HoBuddy2012 Report Abuse No ethanol please.
Ron77095 Champion Author Houston Posts:3,055 Points:601,700 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:03:25 AM Ignore Ron77095 Report Abuse ugh.
Thomtec Champion Author Nashville Posts:2,459 Points:607,170 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:01:09 AM Ignore Thomtec Report Abuse Ok
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:8,817 Points:1,429,775 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:58:03 AM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse One thing about ethanol in gasoline. The dry gas market has dried up. Nobody needs added alcohol for winter driving.
Titan_62 Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,458 Points:327,455 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:57:51 AM Ignore Titan_62 Report Abuse get out of the ethanol business!
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:8,817 Points:1,429,775 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:53:47 AM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse Still messes up the food supply...
TBONE3 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:8,741 Points:1,975,675 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:53:45 AM Ignore TBONE3 Report Abuse Keep ethanol OUT of auto fuel.