WAKE UP Congress: Study shows hybrids better than E85

Time to move ethanol subsidies to hybrids and clean diesels?

Rising oil prices coupled with concerns about global climate change are driving debate about which fuels and engines should be used to power the 17 million new cars and trucks sold each year. Advanced diesel and hybrid technologies show very well in this study, in terms of benefits to the individual and society overall. E85 simply doesn’t provide the same benefits.

—John Graham, senior author and dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School (more)

Just more confirmation of the crappy job that Congress is doing?

Study-after-study continues to question corn-based ethanol, yet Congress provides billions of dollars to subsidize corn-based ethanol. On the other, buyers of Toyota's hybrid vehicles - vehicles that can greatly benefit society - no longer qualify for tax credits?

When is the corny Congress going to start doing the right thing, instead of the earmarked, pork-barreled, lobbyist-influenced thing?