N.H. Legislator Considers Banning Ethanol

Lancaster Farming (Pennsylvania)
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 10:50am.
Steve Taylor, N.H. Correspondent

NASHUA, N.H. — David Campbell wants to ban corn-based ethanol from being blended into gasoline sold in the state of New Hampshire.

“It makes no sense environmentally when making a gallon of ethanol has a bigger carbon footprint than a gallon of gasoline, and it makes no sense to allow it to drive up food costs and availability when millions of people around the globe are facing starvation,” Campbell, a member of the state legislature, says.

He has had a bill drafted for consideration at the upcoming legislative session to prohibit sale of gasoline containing ethanol, and he’s already been hearing from people who promise support, as well as from state bureaucrats who tell it can’t be done.

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