Sentences with phrase «ethanol from corn generally»

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Let's reword all this and say that we want to improve energy efficiency and reduce waste and real pollution wherever we can, we want to move away from ever scarcer and costlier fossil fuels, particularly those that have to be imported from a price - fixing cartel of nations that are generally hostile to us and we want to develop new domestic sources of energy, be that shale oil and gas, new biofuels (not silly corn - to - ethanol schemes) and other renewable energy sources, etc..

Regardless, dropping ethanol subsidies is probably a smart idea — corn ethanol is a huge water and energy suck, some speculate its production has led to food shortages, and is generally far from the fuel of the future it was once hoped to be.