Here is the gospel according to the pro ethanol supporters on FR:
The gulf wars were a subsidy to big oil.
The oil industry received hundreds of billions of subsidies so ethanol deserves enormous mandates and subsidies.
Every other industry is heavily subsidized so ethanol should be heavily subsidized also.
Ethanol is a major step towards energy independence.
Radical environmental groups are an unbiased source of information about the evils of big oil. Even if the environmental groups are biased, it does not matter because everyone is biased.
Bias does not matter when presenting evidence about the evils of big oil.
Mandates about our fuel mix are a good economic policy. The market is not capable of determining the proper fuel mix.
Ethanol is a green fuel with a very small impact on the environment.