Ethanol: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, the Beautiful

The Good

The Bad

The Ugly

The Beautiful

The Good

The 9 billion gallons of ethanol that Americans used last year helped drive down oil prices. For those of us who fuel our vehicles with gasoline, as much as 10 percent of that gasoline is ethanol. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires that more biofuel be used every year until we reach 36 billion gallons by 2022. […]

The Bad

Over one billion people are hungry or starving. Agricultural expert Lester Brown reports,