Originally posted by: Boilerman
I don't generally like government subsidies. Ethanol, for example, is a government subsidy to farmers, and farmers also get other subsidies....although not as much as you think. Ethanol production greatly increases corn production within the US. In case of a major war, we could relatively shift corn for ethanol to food. We could quickly stimulate oil production via fracking and oil well acidizing. I view energy and food as the greatest national security needs. A war can never be won without food or energy.
An interesting opinion piece on ethonal, tend to agree with his piont.
For waste and inefficiency, you can’t beat America’s government-forced corn ethanol gas (Opinion) – The Denver Post