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This is both solid science and common sense, but it needs to be
said here anyhow. Corn-based biofuels do not help the environment
and do not save the taxpayers or consumers money. The added carbon
burning fuels needed to plant, raise and harvest the corn, the
extra pesticides used to maintain the crop, the govt subsidies that
are routed to the corn farmers, all of these make corn-based
biofuels and worse choice than even iol-based gasoline for our
environment and our wallets. 

Cellulose-based biofuels can make a positive impact, and would be
worth implementing. The problem is, not many interest groups are
currently set to profit from this activity, except, ofcourse,
California citizens. But if and when California citizens become the
important interest group we are supposed to be, cellulosed-based
ethanol is the only biofuel option worth moving to from our current
large-scale fueling methods.