Or they get Federal subsidies to grow corn for ethanol production (and if you didn't know, more energy is consumed in producing a gallon of ethanol than it produces when burned) Another industry that wouldn't exist or be profitable at least, unless the Feds kept it going. The so-called "conservative" midwest Senators and Reps who don't push back on this are disgusting; all because they would lose their campaign funding and other lobbying perks from the farmers and others involved with ethanol.