Peter Suderman on America’s Ethanol Policy Disaster

Last November, when the
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) proposed moderating years of
escalating mandates by reducing the amount of ethanol that must be
mixed into gasoline, a top ethanol lobbyist seemed perplexed.
“We’re all just sort of scratching our heads here today and
wondering why this administration is telling us to burn less of a
clean-burning American fuel,” Bob Dineen, head of the Renewable
Fuels Association, told The New York Times.

Here are a few possible reasons why: America’s ethanol
requirement destroys the environment, damages car engines,
increases gas prices, and contributes to the starvation of the
global poor. It’s an unmitigated disaster on nearly every level,
writes Reason Senior Editor Peter Suderman. 

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