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At the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference 2008 on Wednesday as crude oil prices hit record highs of over $104 a barrel, President Bush said the United States needs to “get off oil” and he renewed his support for ethanol as a means to that end.
“In the 2000 campaign I strongly supported ethanol. In 2008 it’s amazing to think about how far our country has come since the year 2000. Ethanol production has quadrupled from 1.6 billion gallons in 2000 to a little over 6.4 billion gallons in 2007.
And the vast majority of that ethanol is coming from corn, and that’s good. That’s good if you’re a corn-grower. And it’s good if you’re worried about national security. I’d rather have our corn farmers growing energy than relying upon some nation overseas that may not like us. That’s how I view it.
In 2005 the United States became the world’s leading ethanol producer. Last year we accounted for nearly half of the worldwide ethanol production. I don’t know if our fellow citizens understand that, but there is a substantial change taking place, primarily in the Midwest of our country.”
DANIEL D MARTIN Said,
March 9, 2008 @ 11:38 pm
yes ,mister president ,thanks for your support ,that should translate in more goverment support for d
estilleries,new crops and E85 convertion at the pumps.Also trying to lower trade tarrifs to allow ethanol imports ,much cheapper than oil imports.We can move beyond corn.Way more promising should be sweet sorghum,sweet potatoes and sugarcane,this last one with added electric generation .Biodiesel production out of soy,peanuts and jatropha should also be encorage to sustitute diesel use