Summary
Memorial Day's approach means summer is finally here. The season of barbecues, baseball games and long family road trips has begun. Americans packing up their cars to head to the beach or a national park will find it's also the season of higher gas prices and will be frustrated as a little more of their paychecks disappears into their gas tanks.
Because it's always the season of political pandering, many politicians will use this opportunity to call for new energy policies that purport to solve this problem. A favorite with both parties is more support for producing corn-based ethanol. Ethanol is sold as the key to freeing America from dependence of foreign oil, lowering the cost of fuel, and improving the environment.See the full content of this document
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Gassing Up for Memorial Day
If only it were that easy. It would be wonderful if addressing our energy problems was as simple as increasing the production and use of ethanol made from corn, which one of America's...
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