My recommendation to keep ethanol is based on my belief that we need to pursue energy independence, and I don't think that can be achieved 100% through domestic petroleum. However, if we keep ethanol, which can be made from American coal and American natural gas, we can extend the life of our petroleum beyond the next hundred years. So my equation is American oil + American coal + American gas = energy independence. Note that these are all American jobs too.
Using natural gas to produce ethanol seems to be less costly than creating an infrastructure for natural gas cars, and we already have cars that can run on E85, 85% ethanol, so E85 cars would almost be natural gas powered cars anyway.
You’ve completely missed the point. Ethanol causes MORE fuel consumption, not less. I suppose if one wanted to run out of oil FASTER they’d keep pursuing the ethanol myth.