Hung over from the Ethanol Party

The headache from the Ethanol Party hangover is getting worse. However, ethanolics (the drinkers at the Ethanol Party) are not the people who are feeling the pain.

Like drunkards on the highway, ethanolics have disrupted traffic in the world food supply by diverting corn to ethanol plants. As a result, everybody pays higher food prices. And, like alcohol-related traffic fatalities, some people in poor countries are likely to starve to death.

Like drunkards who refuse to admit their problem, ethanolics are in denial. President Bush has set a goal of 15% renewable fuels by 2017; he apparently doesn