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I have heard it said, and I am not sure on the exact numbers, but they are close enough, that in Brazil, all the cars run on ethanol, and gas is far less than a dollar a gallon. Here in the US ethanol costs about $13 a gallon give or take (I know it was in the teens) The reason it is so cheap in Brazil, is because the gas is made from the waste products from sugar cane, which is easier to turn into a usable fuel. We only have corn, which is a more costly process. And I am figuring, to import sugar cane into the US, would not make the price go down any. The only way to help with gas prices in my mind, is to have cars with better gas milage. More bang for the buck you might say. Hydrogen fuel cells are not going to help. It takes massive amounts of energy to produce hydrogen in the first place. Electric cars are in theory, coal burning cars, because that is how you get your electricity more often than not.
To address your original comments, which I failed to do till now, maybe it would work, but as with all things, nothing simple is ever easy.
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