This afternoon we've bandied about a number of comments about competitiveness, about importation and finding feedstocks, whether it's in the ethanol creation business or in biodiesel. We know there are many products out there today, and without government intervention in either one of these two fuel industries, we're not going to see us continue. Neither will the Americans, for that matter. I'm just wondering at what point the price of grains is going to make it impossible for governments to continue to support it.
We look at the efficiencies. We know that all of us are aiming towards a goal of a greater, better, and greener environment. That's the ultimate goal. I think all of us would like to see us move into the cellulosic industries as quickly as possible, removing the need for protein-based products as a source of feedstock.
But I was reading a paper this morning about the E85 model. Using that as a model, if we were to go to that extent at some point in time in the future, to any great extent, as I understood it, we would be able to go a 30% shorter distance with the equivalent volume of fuel with an E85 base. Does that same rationale work through the system at the 5% level or 10% level? Or is that a complete fallacy? It created for me some doubt when I read that this morning. In other words, you go a 30% shorter distance with that tankful of E85 fuel than you would with gasoline.