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Obama on Energy: Electricity

   John McCain and Barack Obama, knowing that the cost of energy is on most Americans' minds and that America's dependence on oil, particularly imported oil,  threatens our economic and environmental future,  have fashioned short- and long-term strategies to deal with the many energy issues of our time.

    Both candidates present their energy ideas on their Web sites, and with the Democratic convention here it seems like a good time to start sifting through their respective policies.  We're starting with Obama's plans to diversify our energy sources—specifically the sources we use to generate electricity.                

                                                                         

               

                  

                   

                     

 

                   

                  

               

                             

                           

Why Is Ethanol in My Gasoline?

    When you think of grain alcohol, you may picture a couple of overall-clad good-ol' boys sitting on a porch in cow country shooting the breeze on a hot summer evening. But, even if you never take a drink, you've probably consumed more grain alcohol than you realize, or at least your car has.                

    Ethanol, grain alcohol's other name, has gotten a lot of press lately. It is now blended in more than 50 percent of U.S. gasoline. This story is intended to be a brief primer on ethanol 's evolution as a fuel additive,  and why there is so much of it in your gasoline.