Farmers especially, and all Americans, generally, gain from more ethanol in the gas. It converts OIL reserves to Ethanol thereby revaluating the lost CORN crops that would normally spike the Agricultural market every year. Now the fuel used to harvest THAT corn, is not wasted and that CORN is not wasted either. Its costly yes, but not near as expensive as Electric Power and Batteries. Its still a POWER PUMP in our ECONOMIC ENGINE and its a dampener against Economic Cycles ebb and flow