Reducing Dependency on Foreign Oil

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The paper discusses how, with the problems in foreign policy and the volatile situation in the Middle East, it is important to reduce the U.S. dependency on foreign nations for oil with regard to vehicle use. The paper maintains that the time has come to use alternative means of fuel and suggests ethanol technology for transportation needs. The paper explains that supporters of ethanol technology believe the effort is worth the end result, since the use of ethanol is environmentally friendly and will provide business for the domestic farmer because it uses surplus agricultural crops.

From the Paper:

"As gasoline prices continue to rise and Americans become increasingly frustrated at the pumps attention is turning to finding a way to decrease US dependency on foreign nations for oil. Gasoline is at an all time high. The nation is at war and an underlying concern about this war as well as other conflicts within the Middle East is the dependency on oil for vehicle use that the United States has allowed to occur. With the problems in foreign policy, and the volatile situation in the middle east it is important to reduce the US dependency on foreign nations for oil with regards to vehicle use. The time has come to improve and use the ethanol technology for transportation needs in America."

Sample of Sources Used:

• _(2002) US STUDY URGES ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCESUnited Press International
• Schneider , Greg (2003) Ethanol Cars Cause Fuming; Critics Say Flexible-Fuel Vehicles Miss the Point. The Washington Post;
• Hyde, Justin (2006) Ford to unveil its ethanol-powered hybrid test vehicle.Detroit Free Press
• ________(2006) A PRIMER ON E85 Ethanol-Based Fuel Drives on, but Not Everywhere New York Newsday

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