date:May 11, 2012
n April, the two candidates sparred over ethanol.
Mourdock argued that the mandate to blend ethanol into gasoline was keeping gas prices four to five cents a gallon higher than they would be otherwise, while Lugar said that ethanol blending is bringing the price down and creating jobs and good corn prices in the state.
In many other areas of energy policy, such as the effects of EPA regulations on oil refineries, the candidates seemed to agree.