It’s evil corn yet again! There is growing interest in using the waste that’s left on the ground after a crop is harvested for the production of ethanol because it produces more energy than corn-based fuel. This would also help solve the food versus fuel debate, because less of the grain would be diverted to ethanol production, leaving more available as food for livestock (and for us).
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But not a drop to drink? – You shouldn’t drink and drive, and if we continue to create biofuel out of corn, folks in the Midwest may not be able to drink at all anymore (water that is). But corn is still better than coal!
Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a “drink-or-drive issue” in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production
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When corn is used to make ethanol, the question becomes: food or fuel? Even though the type of corn used to make biofuel is not the kind people eat, its use can raise food prices here in the US. Keep reading to learn why.
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In the US, for political reasons, we’re being conned by corn. It turns out that fuels high in ethanol may pose an equal, or even greater, risk to our health than regular gas.
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