Via Instapundit is a report on improved ethanol generation.
Simply put, the Coskata process can produce ethanol almost anywhere in the world, using practically any renewable source, including feedstock, garbage, old tires and plant waste. And it can do so for less than a dollar per gallon.
I still say, follow the money. There is a strong conflict between improving ethanol production and the ability of the government to tax said production.
they can redo all the moonshine and bootlegging movies, to be backyard about ethanol production