Lugar Cautions U.S. Must Look Beyond Ethanol for Energy Independence

WIBC - Indianapolis, IN
By Eric Berman (eric@wibc.com)
9/16/2011

Senator notes corn-derived fuel has replaced just 6% of oil needs

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar warns the U-S needs to move beyond ethanol to more far-reaching steps toward energy independence.

Lugar told about 80 Indiana college students at his annual "energy summit" that Washington tends to lose interest in energy unless there's a crisis. Even Indiana's 13 ethanol plants, he says, came into being for rural economic development as much as for energy.

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