MN Ethanol Roundup

The Star Tribune's Neal St. Anthony recently explored the role of ethanol in the future. He correctly notes that ethanol can only ever be a part of the solution.

I have to wonder though - is the ethanol industry exploding too quickly? A recent "ethanol booms" article in the Bemidji Pioneer calls ethanol a modern day "bit of a gold rush."

A recent Science Friday episode on ethanol said that it would take the entire Iowa corn crop to meet the demand from all the Iowa ethanol plants. Is this a bad situation? Is there too much ethanol investment now?

During her recent ethanol tour, Nancy Pelosi said

"I believe you are going to change the economy of our country," she told farmers. "You are going to save the auto industry."

If she is talking about continuing to subsidize suburban sprawl, I hope ethanol offers as little promise as I think it does.