Nah , if anything the job is getting easier thanks to tech . Our facility recently installed computer kiosks in all of the housing areas , eliminating the need for request slips , canteen orders , visitation signups , law library access , what time is it CO ? , and account balance info . Slowly but surely we ' re saving the trees ! <| sep |> Do you have the full recipe ? <| sep |> From a macroEngineering perspective , it takes more energy to create a gallon of ethanol than its energetic content not even counting the sunlight contribution to grow the corn . As such , it simply isn ' t s better energy source . its mandate in the USA is really corporate welfare to ADM and Big Agriculture which wouldn ' t exist under pure Capitalism . From a automotive perspective , Ethanol damages older cars boats fuel systems because they weren ' t designed for it . its a different kind of solvent than gasoline . IIRC , Jay Leno had one of his old cars literally catch fire in his garage from an ethanolassolvent caused fuel leak . From an emissions standpoint , yeah , it changes some of the byproducts , but fuel economy goes down , so you really need to be careful to determine if the pollution per mile driven actually changed . hh