News flash 2: People have been using crops for “fuel” for just as long.
News flash 3: In the past, the crop could be used only once - for fuel.
With corn-based ethanol, we get two bites at the apple, not one.
It’s nice to see that one thing never changes: people who get a rice bowl from the gummint will offer every specious argument in the world why their rice bowl should continue.