E85 is going to be a much more significant market for us down the road. But you have to get more vehicles on the road that can use E85, and you need more outlets.

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We are expanding rapidly and will continue to do so with comments like the president made last night. It sends a very strong signal to our industry, financial markets that the future for ethanol is secure.

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I think some in the environmental community won't be all that warm and fuzzy about [coal-fired ethanol]. It's fair to say there's a trend away from natural gas, but coal is just one approach. Other technologies are part of the mix, too.

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We are pleased that President Bush recognizes the need to move the country toward an energy future that is less reliant on unreliable and increasingly costly foreign sources of oil.

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Clearly, ethanol is something we are doing now that we can do more of that will provide at least a part of the solution for the future. We wouldn't be having this discussion if oil was $25 a barrel.

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I think everybody is realizing that (the era of) cheap oil is done.

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By doing this, the president recognizes that the future of ethanol is not just as a blending component, but as a replacement fuel.

146

Our industry is adding capacity at a phenomenal rate and will be able to adequately supply ethanol to the markets that need it.

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People look and see what's happening with worldwide oil supplies and it is a cause for concern. People realize the era of cheap oil is over.

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