The primary use for corn is animal feed, the leftovers of the ethanol process are used for animal feed as well, so no loss there.
The main competitor to ethanol is the soda pop industry. Not exactly food.
Ethanol is cheaper than gas right now. I’m paying 10 cents less for ethanol gasoline than regular.
Sounds like propaganda to me sir.
The production of ethanol uses far more energy than the use of sole fossil fuels.
Ethanol can’t be sent up through the pipe lines and need to be loaded on trucks, which I remind you need gasoline to run.
When you add the natural gas use to run the plants to create the ethanol it just puts it over the top.
Don’t forget the engine damage it causes in boats and cars which has opened a whole new market of additives that prevent this damage.(more energy)
Ethanol is a total government grab for control, creating inefficiencies and more environmental problems of fertilizer runoff etc....
Sorry bud, not sure who is paying you but it flies in the face of reason.
Ethanol is driving the price of all foods up because they are using land (finite) to produce corn not available for consumption. Basic economics, go educate yourself and come back to me then we may be able to have a reasonable discussion.
It's pretty simple really, if ethanol was such a great thing there wouldn't be a need for government support. Also it's pretty clear that if farmers can choose between growing something people eat and growing something people don't eat but because of subsidies makes a better profit then the farmers will grow the something people don't eat. When the government gets involved it corrupts the value of things.