Editorial: Give ethanol a chance

Las Vegas Sun editorial:

The industry is in its infancy but already making adjustments to answer critics
Sat, May 31, 2008 (2:04 a.m.)

Ethanol made from corn is not a perfect solution to weaning the country from its dependence on increasingly expensive, dirty and decidedly finite foreign oil.

That much is clear from the criticisms that have been leveled at corn ethanol for years.

Many critics say it takes more energy to create the fuel than the fuel produces. Other critics say growing more corn than is needed for food harms the land. Rising food prices in the United States and elsewhere are partly blamed on the diversion of a significant portion of corn crops to fuel factories.

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