IMHO, I’d like you to to continue the discussion. I know doodly squat about this whole shebang and I think I could learn more from you.
My only previous statement: You don’t make fuel from food.
Am I wrong ?
I think we are just following the markets. In your case might want to try the global warming committee or Al Gore or whoever supports agendas like food for fuel since this is a created market. Like windmill farms, once the subsidies dry up so does construction because it is not really a profitable venture against existing technologies. It has more to do with political correctness and lobby groups than anything.
Putting solar panels on everyone’s roof makes more sense.
The corn was food when it went into the ethanol plant, and the distiller’s grains that come out the back side of the plant are still food.
“Dried distiller’s grains” aka “DDG” in the farming lingo, are excellent cattle feed. About half of all beans and field corn in the US are used for feeding animals. The by-product DDG from ethanol production is actually better cattle feed than cracked corn, because cattle fed whole or cracked corn can develop a condition called “acidosis” due to the sugars in the corn fermenting in the cow’s gut. Ferment the sugars away and leave the complex carbs and fiber for the cow and we have a win:win situation.