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June 8, 2007, 7:02am

Henry Payne salutes congressional efforts to keep Americans from wasting too much money on gas.
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Comments to "New at Reason":

Guy Montag | June 8, 2007, 7:20am | #

If all you guys were using hydrogen or driving hybrids like me, we would not have all of these problems ;)

Taktix® | June 8, 2007, 8:09am | #

I don't get it... Sorry, dumb before 10 a.m., can someone explain the analogy?

ed | June 8, 2007, 8:37am | #

Governmental meddling in the marketplace and politically expedient fuel mandates?

davidadam | June 8, 2007, 11:41am | #

Could someone explain to me what the ethenol mandate is, exactly?

Sam-Hec | June 8, 2007, 4:27pm | #

The Ethanol Mandate is a means of keeping gas prices high without looking like it; it forces some amount, usually 10%, of gasoline to be ethanol. The process of doing this is expensive, it also reduces the energy content of a gallon of fuel, forcing consumers to buy more for the same, rasing demand, thus raising prices.