I suppose "fairness" is one way of saying it, but honestly, I'd just be happy with consistency at this point. Why do we change subsidies for say, agriculture every year? I live in Iowa and I'd be happy with just eliminating everything, including ethanol subsidies. All I'd ask is that we get rid of oil and other subsidies as well. Let them all compete on an even keel, the market will sort them out. If something is "bad" then the environmentalists will boycott that product and the companies that distribute it, thus decreasing demand. It seems kind of self-explanatory at this point, I'm not sure why government in particular has to be involved.

Anyway, I'm preaching to the choir I'm sure. Sanity simply has no place in politics.