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The vote by the U.S. Senate Thursday to end excise tax breaks for buyers of ethanol is a political blow for the Midwest-centered industry, but by itself it doesn't much change ethanol's immediate prospects.
Ethanol Vote Barely Alters Biofuel's Prospects Scott Kilman 2011
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Secretary Vilsack told a luncheon gathering in Washington not to believe everything one hears about ethanol's role in today's high and volatile food prices.
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In 1998, then Ways and Means Chairman Bill Archer tried to kill ethanol's subsidies for good, only to land in the wet cement that Speaker Gingrich had poured.
Professor Cornpone 2011
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Still, ethanol's decades on the public dole appear to be numbered.
An Ethanol Miracle 2011
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A reassessment of the market-distorting ethanol subsidy seems unlikely given the U.S. desire to increase ethanol's role in the energy mix.
High Corn Prices Appear to Be Here to Stay Andrew Peaple 2011
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And there are other proposals being considered that could increase corn ethanol's use even further.
Get Briefed: Irene Rosenfeld Alexandra Zendrian 2010
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Ethanol also has the characteristic of being able to absorb a great deal of other chemicals and substances (such as rust), which are often found in existing pipelines, and actually increase ethanol's inherently corrosive nature.
Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Oil pipelines are not designed to prevent water from entering the system (oil and water don't mix after all, so the product isn't degraded), and ethanol's corrosive nature can lead to stress corrosion cracking at the pipelines 'welded joints.
Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And there are other proposals being considered that could increase corn ethanol's use even further.
Get Briefed: Irene Rosenfeld Alexandra Zendrian 2010
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And yesterday, the Senate voted to end ethanol's purchase on the federal Treasury.
An Ethanol Miracle 2011
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