| Home ethanol production is on the rise. With fuel | | | | Ethanol is easy and cheap to produce. This is a huge |
| prices topping out in excess of $7.00 a gallon in the | | | | positive for the alternative fuel. However, many |
| past year, consumers are more frightened than ever | | | | engines are not equipped to handle the biofuel and |
| before. Combine the history of these high fuel prices | | | | will shut down or require high priced repairs if the |
| and add that stress to the high unemployment rates | | | | ethanol is run through the system. |
| and workers start to feel as though they are in a | | | | Upgrading current vehicles and machines around the |
| lose, lose situation. | | | | home can decrease the overall passion for biofuels. |
| The cost of traditional fuel can be too much for the | | | | Even though the lower fuel costs are appealing, some |
| blue collar worker, but missing work is not an option | | | | people just don't want to risk losing their vehicles to |
| with companies cutting employees all the time. Many | | | | save a couple of bucks here and there. |
| families find themselves cutting food budgets in order | | | | Another pro is that ethanol is a renewable fuel, right |
| to stay afloat and afford fuel costs. Biofuel can easily | | | | now. As long as there are feedstocks to crush, |
| be produced at home, but the pros and cons of | | | | ferment and distill, there will be ethanol. Weighing the |
| ethanol production can leave the consumer with | | | | pros and cons of ethanol, however, is an important |
| more questions than answers. | | | | part of choosing whether to produce your own |
| The Good, The Bad and the Not So Ugly | | | | alternative fuel or wait for it to be mass produced. |
