"But for the intellectually lazy, its easier to grab a solution, however ridiculous, and without consideration of the unintended consequences and run with it, protests, and taxes be damned."
This mentality is how we hot stuck with Ethanol,,,remember smog and acid rain?
The sky was falling (again) so we had ethanol mandated in our fuel. "Clean Air".
Millions for car , boat and other engines to have their fuel system repaired , at our personal expense .
Now that finally the huge damage to the atmosphere is being noticed from burning food, the question is how to end the insanity. At what cost?
The states love ethanol as it reduces fuel mileage , giving a boost to taxes collected by the gallon.
We will probably return to price supports to keep grain prices up when we stop burning food.
And all those local ethanol plants , another payout?