Politics means never having to say you’re sorry? Not in this case. At a “green energy business conference” in Greece, former Vice President Al Gore admitted his support of corn-based ethanol while in office had a whole lot more to do with getting the farm vote than saving the planet, and that having subsidies for the fuel is just not good policy, Reuters reports.
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“One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president” in 2000, he said.
Maybe the farmers are more forgiving than the voters?
