We made 761,000 barrels, or 31,962,000 gallons of ethanol per day. But a gallon of ethanol has only 75% the energy of the gasoline it displaces. So let us say that we produced enough ethanol to displace 23,971,500 gallons of gasoline per day.

In order to make 23,971,500 gallons of gasoline per day, we would need 1,198,575 barrels of imported oil. In November 2009, oil was selling at Cushing, Oklahoma, for about $75 per barrel. That means we did not spend $90 million dollars per day (rounded to the nearest million).

Extrapolate that over the year, and the use of ethanol kept $32.8 BILLION dollars in the United States.

We need to produce more energy here at home.

Ethanol from all sources — corn, farm waste, cellulose, algae, corn cobs, garbage to fuel are all sources we can count on.

We need more home grown solutions to our energy problems and this will keep jobs here at home.

Ethanol, wind power, solar power, geothermal all need our support.

ALL new gasoline powered vehicles should be flex fuel capable offering consumers a choice at the pump.