It amazes me how powerful the agricultural lobby is. I can understand why a country might want to maintain a stable food supply but the taxation of imported ethanol is an unwarranted trade barrier. Not only is the environmental case for sugar cane better, so is the economic case for it. The cost of production is much lower. Paying much more to secure a domestic source of energy doesn't make any sense.

It’s nice to see articles written saying this. Hopefully we will start to see a little more sense in policy making.