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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:20:49 -0500, BAR wrote:

Now that the bloom is off the corn fuel, er, flower, some hard truths are
emerging. By now, you probably know about speculation and wild fluctuations
in grain futures, about pork-barrel projects, and about questions of how
much energy goes into ethanol production in the first place. What you may
not have heard about is the strain that the 140 or so existing ethanol
plants place on local infrastructure.


It's called the Law of Unintended Consequences.

I blame Al Gore.

And Canada.

Just because I can.