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On the recordJune 18, 2008
We keep hearing from over there that it was all ethanol. Ethanol was just a piece. It was 15 percent. The rest was normal oil and gas energy. But they had a plan. I think we ought to have a plan for North America. Stop and think about Alaska and Canada. Canada is great. Canada produces oil and gas right off our main coast.
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John W. Peterson
Pennsylvania

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Discussing energy production and the role of ethanol in North American energy policy.

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