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Is ethanol the answer?

The pitch to run our cars and trucks on alcohol fuel sounds irresistible: It would eliminate most U.S. gasoline consumption; avoid the costs, delays and environmental impact of new oil refineries; and keep control of our fuel in America and out of often-hostile foreign hands.

President Bush cited alcohol fuel, such as ethanol, in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night as one of the technologies that should get government investment. He sees it as part of the solution to "a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world." (Related item:New production method uses far less energy than it creates http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-02-01-ethanol-sidebar_x.htm )

By James R. Healey, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-02-01-ethanol_x.htm

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