毫無疑問，2008年將是美國乙醇工業(yè)不會很快忘記的一年。面對制造業(yè)毫無根據(jù)的攻擊、創(chuàng)紀錄的玉米價格、被低估的乙醇以及許多人認為將與大蕭條相抗衡的經(jīng)濟危機，美國乙醇生產(chǎn)商繼續(xù)為美國提供一個本土解決依賴外國石油問題的答案。

There can be little doubt that 2008 will be a year America’s ethanol industry will not soon forget. In the face of manufactured baseless attacks, record corn prices, undervalued ethanol, and an economic crisis many say will rival the Great depression, America’s ethanol producers continued to provide America with a homegrown answer to its dependence on foreign oil.