Ethanol bigger than ever, still mandated

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4/26/12, "After Backlash, Ethanol Industry Is Thriving," NPR, Dustin Dwyer, via Junk Science

"A 45-cent-per-gallon government subsidy for ethanol producers ended earlier this year, but there's still a mandate that forces refineries to blend ethanol with gasoline. Before the mandate, refineries used about half as much ethanol as they do today." (caption under E85 picture)
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