Al Gore Mea Culpa: Support for Corn-Based Ethanol Was a Mistake

Al Gore Mea Culpa: Support for Corn-Based Ethanol Was a Mistake:

"On reflection, Gore said the energy conversion ratios -- how much energy is produced in the process -- 'are at best very small.' 'One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee,' he said, 'and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president.'"

How didn't this make bigger news?