let us go to war with iran-------crude may double------------------------then consider just why bush, probably knowing all you post to be true, yet and still encourages and even pumps alternative fuels. And pray don't forget two noteworthy facts about president bush: 1. he heeds no re-election need to play politics with ethanol. 2. he is privy to the oil business- yet still pumps ethanol. So what may seem illogical today about ethanol may be absolutely logical- given that crude zooms higher. Oh yeah, one more thing about bush- who, more than he, knows the odds of crude going higher from middle eastern potential disruptions in supply (iran)? Yeppers, when first he pumped ethanol, despite the illogical of it at this time, i figured there had to be a damn good reason for him to break from the oil patch fold so.