WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it will allocate up to $33.8 million to support commercial production of cellulosic biofuels.

The funding, officials said, will support development of enzymes -- a key step to enabling bio-based production of clean, renewable biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol.

The funding, part of President Bush's Twenty in Ten Plan, seeks to displace 20 percent of U.S. gasoline usage by 2017 through diversification of clean energy sources and increased vehicle efficiency.

"These enzyme projects will serve as catalysts to the commercial-scale viability of cellulosic ethanol, a clean source of energy to help meet President Bush's goal of reducing our reliance on oil," said Energy Department Assistant Secretary Andy Karsner.

"Ethanol from new feed stocks will not only give America more efficient fuel options to help transform our transportation sector, but increasing its use will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions," said Karsner.

The funding, with a minimum 50 percent industry cost-share, will total nearly $68 million to further enzyme commercialization efforts, officials said.

How about water + gas biofuel. Hydrogen produced by the car off of plain tap water mixed with gasoline. Their doing this already but the government probably won't support it because it actually would save us money. There are companies right now that are offering kits to convert cars over. Honda is releasing a numbered amount of hydrogen cars in California for testing. The problem is that the cars don't produce the hydrogen. It has to come from a pumping station and purchased. I read an article the other day and I will look for it. It said that a company in Japan had created a car that will run off any kind of water including salt water. Just poor it in and it converts the water to hydrogen. The government wants us to have cheaper fuel but they want us to pay for it.