thank you pirate....whats more is;

a snippet
Ethanol plants consume roughly four gallons of water to produce each gallon of fuel, but that's only a fraction of ethanol's total water habit. Cornell ecology professor David Pimentel says that when you count the water needed to grow the corn, one gallon of ethanol requires a staggering 1,700 gallons of H2O. Backers of the Senate bill say that less-thirsty technologies are just around the corner, which is what we've been hearing for years.

Ethanol's Water Shortage - WSJ.com

anyway, other than subsidizing and enriching midland-richards the worlds largest agricultural consortium, ethanol is a joke. Ethanol bills in congress and the presumptive passing of such, has already pushed commodities prices regards ANYTHING related to soy, corn etec. to new highs....

further- the economist has an article called; “ethanol schmethanol”....railing against its use as well.
check this...

Advanced biofuels | Ethanol, schmethanol | Economist.com

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