Regrettably the costs are billions edging over the 100 billion mark. Ethanol is an expensive additive to gasoline. Would be better discontinue the program and more people would be fed or drunk lol
” and more people would be fed “
There is plenty of corn around. Productivity advances have been amazing. Plus there is a lot of feed value left in the corn after it goes through and has the ethanol extracted from the corn.
Farmer’s feed the left over by-products from the ethanol plants to cattle, pigs and other livestock.
The product is called dried distillers grains (DDG) and its very nutrient packed.