A Nobelist’s Energy Pitch for Obama - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

[Burton Richter] Stop wasting money on things that do no good like ethanol from corn. It is expensive, and at best produces only slightly less greenhouse gas than gasoline. Without subsidies from the taxpayers and government requirements to use it, no one would, but this may be one of those cases where politics overrules sense; your (and Congress’s) call.