I didn't say ethanol was the answer if you read my post. I said if " Brazil can be indepenent from foreign oil with ethanol than we can certainly do it with a variety of alternate energy sources." And the clear cutting is not a result of their ethanol production which has been a practice for decades for cattle grazing and other uses. We have the technology and resources to develop new energy sources. Why do you think gas prices continue to rise when demand has been on the decline as vehicles become more efficient. Because they can. Its the only game in town. When that monopoly is torn down then that will change.
Obama has given $90 Billion to green energy companies with no tangible results. Many of those companies still went bankrupt and many were major contributors to his 2008 campaign. You chose to cite Brazil so I just pointed out the obvious. And the obvious is still that there's no viable alternative to oil. Go ahead and develop one, just leave oil alone until you do. The rest of us need reasonably priced fuel.