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RE: ENERGY INDEPENDENCE: There's a biofuel called E85, that's only 15% gasoline, costs under $2 a gallon, and can run in existing cars with little modification.
There's continued excitement 'mongst the automakers and farm state folks over E85, a fuel that blends 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline as an alternative technology. (Much cheaper than developing new engines, because this fuel requires little modification of existing cars.)
Advocates say it's cleaner and, at about $1.79 a gallon, much cheaper than regular gasoline. And it's made from plants in the U.S.A., not the Middle East. Remember the famous "switch grass" suggestion in President Bush 's State of the Union address?
