Carrie Lucas

Politicians are desperate to identify a “cure” for our foreign-oil dependence, and both parties, led by the White House, have decided ethanol will do. But converting corn into fuel isn’t the quick fix politicians would have you believe, warns the Independent Women’s Forum, an influential Washington think-tank that promotes liberty and personal responsibility.

IWF researchers MICHELLE BERNARD, CARRIE LUKAS, and SANDY BOURNE explain why bureaucratic mandates will never solve our energy problems. Victory in the fight for energy independence will come from the free market-if the government doesn’t mess it up.