Dave,

Cripes! Clear your damn head!

If your foreign source for fuel is drying up and you have a domestic
source of fuel to replace it, why not develop it?

If developing it is good for our economy, why not develop that Source?

Dave, a little history lesson. When Petroleum was first discovered (
Rock Oil) it's main source of use was for Lamp Oil. It had a funny
smell to it and the americans preferred Whale Oil. We shipped the "Rock
Oil" to Europe in wooden barrels on wooden sailing ships. We had all
the known petroleum here in the United States and shipped it away. When
the first cars were built more were probably run on Alcohol than on
Gasoline. Gasoline being cheaper replaced alcohol. At the time Gasoline
was a Straight Run product and about the same as Alky.

Thru development gasoline was reformulated to increase its available and
also its power and left Alcohol in the dust. Now that gasoline had
jumped in cost, alcohol turn to return and be developed. Ethanol is just
the beginning of a long road of development of Alcohol Fuels.

It isn't a full replacement. Not yet. It is however a source of Fuel to
help us become Energy Independent.

Dave,, I'm sure you heard the statement; "We can turn our food into
fuel, let the Arabs eat their oil!"

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