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More Great Links

• Ethanol.org
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• The New York Times: Springtime for Ethanol -- Jan. 23, 2007
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Sources

• "Argonne National Laboratory says ethanol reduced GGEs by 10 million tons in 2007." Biofuels Digest. April 22, 2008.
  http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/04/22/argonne-national-laboratory-
  says-ethanol-reduced-gges-by-10-million-tons-in-2007/
• Barrionuevo, Alexei. "Springtime for Ethanol." The New York Times. Jan. 23, 2007.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/washington/23ethanol.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
• Ethanol.org
  http://www.ethanol.org/
• Galbraith, Kate. "An Ethanol Pipeline Begins Service." The New York Times. Dec. 10, 2008.
  http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/an-ethanol-pipeline-begins-service/?hp
• Halperin, Alex. "Ethanol: Myths and Realities." BusinessWeek Online. May 19, 2006.
  http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2006/ tc20060519_225336.htm
• Joyce, Christopher. "Study Backs Ethanol as Gasoline Substitute." NPR.org. Jan. 26, 2006. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5173420
• Segelkin, Roger. "Ethanol Fuel from Corn Faulted as 'Unsustainable Subsidized Food Burning'." HealthAndEnergy.com.
  http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm