From Treehugger.com today...W is a genius!

This makes so much sense: President Bush just ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump. According to Yahoo News, Easing the environment rules will allow refiners greater flexibility in providing oil supplies since they will not have to use certain additives such as ethanol to meet clean air standards. Where did he announce this? at a speech in front of the Ethanol lobby group- kind of like announcing gun registration at an NRA convention. "Our addiction to oil is a matter of national security concerns," the president said in a speech to the Renewable Fuels Association, which advocates alternate energy sources. "After all, today we get about 60 percent of our oil from foreign countries. That's up from 20 years ago, where about 25 percent of our oil came from foreign countries." We suppose those pesky scrubbers needed for high sulphur coal will be next to go. Read also the remarkable statement on ethanol below the fold- more on this later.::Yahoo News Thanks Brenton