To the Editor:
Re “Good Energy Subsidies, and Bad” (editorial, Dec. 9):
If you want to enact smart energy policy, let’s start by increasing the use of the only available, affordable alternative to oil today: homegrown, renewable ethanol.
In 2009, the ethanol industry contributed $53.3 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product, created and supported more than 400,000 American jobs, and reduced oil imports by 364 million barrels. And studies show that ethanol is 59 percent cleaner than gasoline.
The only reason the ethanol industry needs government support today is that we are denied access to all but 10 percent of the fuel market. Growth Energy’s Fueling Freedom plan would redirect tax credits to build out a national ethanol infrastructure to allow access to a fair and open market. As a result, our air would be cleaner, our prosperity would be enhanced and our security would be strengthened. That is smart policy.
Wesley K. Clark
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 9, 2010
The writer, the retired general, is co-chairman of Growth Energy.
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