Government can

WASHINGTON – Warning that our continued reliance on imported oil poses an ongoing threat to national security, President George W. Bush signed an executive order in January requiring the federal government to increase alternative fuels use in an aggressive national strategy to reduce oil consumption 20 percent over the next decade. Bush has also initiated a broad range of other government-based initiatives on the energy front.

These measures won

Even converting all 440 million acres of U.S. cropland to corn-based ethanol production would still meet only two-thirds of our domestic demand for gasoline. Ethanol is a useful gas extender and octane enhancer that helps reduce greenhouse emissions. But it