Why don we use Grain Alcohol instead of gasoline?
Amen, Michael. Kudos to you for doing your homework on ethanol and getting the facts. We need to get the word out on ethanol and start seeing the big picture. Not the “let me save $1.25 today in my wallet and screw my country in the future by lining the pockets of terrorists” attitude that many have. I couldn’t have said it better than you did. Ethanol is clean, renewable, and made in America and supports American farmers, instead of mideast sheiks. Right now it may only displace 5% of our fuel supply but that will soon increase as more corn is grown and other sources as feedstocks come into use. Xethanol Corp. LLC in Florida is producing ethanol from waste citrus peels of the orange and grapefruit industries. And it is LOWERING the price of orange juice. Why? The juice companies used to have to pay to have their waste peels carted off and disposed of at a landfill. Now, the juice companies are paid for their waste citrus peels by Xethanol Corp. who turns the waste peels into clean bur