[DGthe3]

Why does it have to be Ethanol vs Hybrid, or VVT vs AFM? You can have a hybrid V8 fueled by E85 vehicle with active fuel management and variable valve timing and direct injection, which will then use roughly 10% of the gasoline vs a gasoline engine with none of this. I know that using all those technologies will cost more but you won't need to import gasoline. Sounds like it would help your national economy to do so. Suppporting a domestic automaker and domestic fuel producers keeps the money in your country. We have more oil than we will ever need, but its terrible on the environment.