Look at positive effects of ethanol production, use

Indianapolis Star
Posted: May 28, 2008

Letters to the editor:

The finger has been pointing at ethanol lately and biofuels have been blamed for everything from increased food prices to the starvation of children in Third World countries.
Here are a few facts that should make you reconsider blaming ethanol:

In 2005, the cost of a barrel of oil was $35. Today oil is $120 per barrel.

In 2000, China's per-capita gross domestic product was $946. In 2007, it had increased by 160 percent to $2,641.

In that same time period, India's per-capita GDP increased by 113 percent, while the U.S. per-capita GDP rose by just 32 percent.

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