> Maybe someone here can figure this out.... *If the addition of
> ethanol to our fuel tanks means our vehicles get fewer MPG, and we
> need to refill more frequently, what are we gaining? *It seems to
> me that the numbers are not what we are led to believe. *And that
> doesn't even get into the corn being used for something other than
> food and the ramifications of that.

It was one facet of becoming less dependent on foreign oil. Most
people in the corn belt agree that it isn't the total answer.

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