The Corn Isn't Green

Slate by Robert Bryce | Nov. 13, 2008 (Opinion)
The real reason ethanol won't—and can't—cut American oil imports

The ethanol producers and the flex-fuel-car advocates are wrong because their solution replaces only part of the crude-oil barrel and won't reduce demand for that entire barrel in any meaningful way. Here's why. Full Story »

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 by Glenn LaBauve - Nov. 13, 2008

From the beginnings of the oil industry, gasoline was always the short end of the barrel, the true value was in the heavier products, or the light products that could be used for consumer products. The report while spot on about the heavy oils doesn't look at light petro products that make up the expensive end of the barrel.

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