Using alternative fuels does make sense. Oil prices are skyrocketing, prices at the pump are 'wallet depleting' and we are heavily dependent on volatile foreign nations. Ethanol and biodiesel give us the opportunity to become less dependent, clean up our environment and save money at the pump. Don't think it's making a difference? Currently Missouri has the second lowest gas prices in the nation, due in part to the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard. Ethanol is cheaper than gasoline and adds to the fuel supply helping keep the prices you pay to fill up, down. The plants producing these alternative fuels are helping revitalize local communities and keeping dollars in the nation and in the state. The process that produces these biofuels also produces by-products that can be fed to livestock, increasing our feed supply.

What doesn't make sense is the hesitation to use these alternatives. At the present, they are the only vialble alternative to foreign oil. Where is the sense in rejecting the better alternative when it is helping our economy, keeping dollars in the pockets of Missourians, and helping our environment? Biofuels are a good idea. Let's use our good sense and embrace them.

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