May 12, 2006 3:01PM 

# Energy Policy Hooch 

By [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor) 

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It what might be the quote of the week, Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, warned the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee yesterday in an open hearing that removing the U.S. tarriff on Brazilian ethanol would send “a very negative signal to our marketplace.”

So there you have it. According to the loony-fuels lobby, positive signals to the market = trade barriers and negative signals to the market = uninhibited global trade. Say this stuff enough times and you too might be able to work for the renewable energy business.

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