Ethanol will not be enough

"Twenty in 10," the catchy phrase he used in his January 2007 State of the Union address, called for America to cut its gasoline consumption by 20 percent by 2017. It's an admirable goal, one that we should all embrace; achieving that goal may be easier said than done.

So let's give the president a little credit for issuing this long-overdue energy challenge. Before we do though, we need to understand the math; the numbers are against us. America currently imports a staggering 14 million barrels of crude oil every day. According to the Energy Information Administration, that number has increased by some 3 million barrels just since Bush took office and it continues to grow.

The obvious first step in lowering our use in fossil fuels is to stop increasing consumption, but it’s not that simple. Americans have a love affair with the automobile; most everyone likes to drive. Driving requires a fuel source and the primary resource is fossil fuel. We need to develop and improve alternative fuel options and make them cost effective. You can bet that OPEC doesn’t want this to happen; some would go so far as to say that major oil companies in the US are not very anxious to have the oil demand reduced as well. Read more http://e85.whipnet.net/why.e85/e85-is-not-enough.html