Title
Import Ethanol, Not Oil
Date of Original Version
Spring 2006
Type
Article
Published In
Issues in Science and Technology 2006, 22, (3), 40-42.
Abstract or Table of Contents
To paraphrase Mark Twain, people talk a lot of reducing U.S. dependence on imported oil, but they don’t do much about it. Rather than continuing to talk the talk, the United States has a unique window of opportunity to walk the walk. The $2-plus per gallon gasoline prices and our Middle East wars have made the public and Congress acutely aware of the politics of oil and its effects on our national security. With every additional gallon of gasoline and barrel of oil that the nation imports, the situation becomes worse.