Is solar the new ethanol?

Published November 21, 2011 5:00am ET



Politicians used to tell us that we could save the planet by squeezing booze out of corn and then burning it in our car. Ethanol subsidies today are considered a boondoggle that benefits farmers but not Mother Earth. One problem: the massive amount of energy that goes into producing ethanol.

Guess what new “green technology” has similar problems?

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