Just when I thought burning up 30% of the corn produced in this country for ethanol was a bad idea the EPA decides that is not enough..

I'm sure the poor in the world that rely on a reasonable price for corn can "breathe" a sigh of relief knowing that their starvation is going to help Al Gores planet..

WASHINGTON – Nearly two-thirds of cars on the road could have more corn-based ethanol in their fuel tanks under an Environmental Protection Agency decision Friday.

The agency said that 15 percent ethanol blended with gasoline is safe for cars and light-duty trucks manufactured between 2001 and 2006, expanding an October decision that the higher blend is safe for cars built since 2007.The maximum gasoline blend has been 10 percent ethanol.

The fuel is popular in farm country because most ethanol comes from corn and other grains. It faces strong opposition, however, from the auto industry, environmentalists, cattle ranchers, food companies and others. Those groups say that using corn to make ethanol makes animal feed more expensive, raises prices at the grocery store and tears up the land. There have already been several lawsuits filed against the EPA — including one filed by automakers, boat manufacturers and outdoor power equipment manufacturers — since the agency decided to allow the higher blends for newer cars in October.

"It seems like corn growers and the ethanol industry are the only real winners here," said Craig Cox of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy group that opposes use of the fuel.

The Obama administration has remained supportive of the renewable fuel, and the EPA has said a congressional mandate for increased ethanol use can't be achieved without allowing higher percentage blends. Congress, driven by a broad coalition of members from farm states, has required refiners to blend 36 billion gallons of biofuels, mostly ethanol, into auto fuel by 2022.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110121/ap_on_re_us/us_epa_ethanol;

The Green movement views humans as destructive animals. Burning corn *might* (it really won't, because MMGW is a hoax) save some harmless animals, but it will definitely starve some destructive animals to death.

I saw an interview recently where one of the guys who got the government to mandate the use of ethanol in the first place now admits that it was a bad idea. He claimed that since the government has mandated it's use, it is practically impossible to go back now.