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Associated PressEthanol Juggernaut Moves Through D.C.By H. JOSEF HEBERT
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 1, 2007; 7:13 PM
WASHINGTON -- Nebraska hog producer Joy Philippi says livestock
farmers "are having jitters" over ethanol, worried there won't be
enough corn left for the pigs.
She might as well be talking to a wall.
There is an ethanol juggernaut moving through Congress that will
call for a sevenfold increase in biofuels production _ almost all of
it ethanol _ over the next 15 years. Presidential primaries, anger
over gasoline prices and global warming make ethanol a potent
political issue for both parties.
-snip-A confluence of issues is behind the rush for ethanol: $3 a gallon
gasoline, demand for greater energy security, concern over relying
on oil imports from politically volatile regions, and growing worries
about carbon dioxide from fossil fuels _ the principal "greenhouse"
gas linked to global warming.
There is hardly a lawmaker _ or presidential aspirant _ who hasn't
signed onto some sort of ethanol promotion.
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