Senate Bill Would Double Ethanol Use in Gasoline

Over the strong objections of oil companies, a Senate committee on Wednesday approved a requirement that refiners must use more corn-based ethanol and other renewable fuels in gasoline.

The legislation would mandate that refiners use at least 8 billion gallons of renewable components – almost all of it ethanol made from corn – in gasoline annually by 2012. That would double ethanol production, a boon to farmers and the ethanol industry.
AP via The Tribune