Originally published September 14 2005
Bush signs ethanol production bill
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
President Bush recently signed a bill to double ethenol fuel production between now and 2012, although the availability is limited around the U.S.
The solution to today's skyrocketing price of gasoline lies in a fuel that can be made from the amber waves of grain growing in America's heartland.
This fuel, called ethanol, is usually made from corn, but it can be made from sugar cane from Louisiana, canola from North Dakota or sorghum from Kansas.
Though it hasn't gained popularity, this fuel can free us from the tyranny of high prices, dependence on foreign oil and toxic pollutants.
President Bush recently signed the energy bill into law, which will almost double ethanol production from 2006 to 2012.
It's up to consumers to buy ethanol and seek its increased availability.
E10 is 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline, which can be used in cars like regular gasoline but is 5 cents cheaper per gallon.
Flexible-fuel vehicles can run on gasoline, 10% ethanol, 85% ethanol or whatever fuel is available.
I did have difficulty finding E85 the farther I traveled from the Midwest, but it didn't slow me down because I simply used regular gasoline.
Producers must rely on filling stations that distribute gasoline to sell their competing product.
Already, more than 100 ethanol plants have cropped up across America's heartland.
Eleven are in my home state of South Dakota, including one owned by VeraSun Energy, one of the nation's top ethanol producers.
This ethanol plant has breathed new life into Aurora, S.D., a town of 500 people, by creating about 100 jobs since it opened last year.
The old way of life of raising corn for feed and seed is no longer the main way to utilize corn.
Ethanol is non-toxic, water soluble and biodegradable.
Use of ethanol can reduce toxic emissions such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and benzene.
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