George wrote:
>
> Steve Pope wrote:
> > Pete C. > wrote:
> >
> >> Ethanol has nothing to do with keeping SUVs going, it's all about yet
> >> another example of a poorly thought out plan pushed by a loud mouthed
> >> environmentalist minority that once again causes more harm than good.
> >
> > I don't personally know any environmentalists who ever
> > favored ethanol.
>
> Everything I read about the environmentalists says that they believe in
> more efficiency and less consumption. Grinding up food to make more fuel
> doesn't strike me as anything an environmentalists would want.

Ethanol gives lower tailpipe emissions than gasoline. It was the
uneducated environmentalists who were promoting ethanol as reducing
pollution that started the problem since they lacked the education to be
able to look at the bigger picture.

>
> >
> > It was mostly pushed by farmers.
> >
> > Steve