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Date Added: July 26, 2008 08:24:04 PM
As the practical realities of mandating 10 per cent ethanol in gasoline set in, some governments are rethinking their policies -- the McGuinty government is one of them. Backing off may indeed be the right move until technology makes ethanol production more energy efficient and until worldwide food [...]

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