[matthew fuller]

"Then you'd be wrong. Two different types of corn are used for ethanol and human foods. "

I plead guilty to listening to media sources bemoaning the price increases of commodities worldwide and blaming the rise on corn being "diverted" to manufacture ethanol. I should have been more suspicious, however, it was very easy to agree that the environmentalists and politicians had cost us money again.

[ketsu]

I plead guilty to listening to media sources bemoaning the price increases of commodities worldwide and blaming the rise on corn being "diverted" to manufacture ethanol. I should have been more suspicious, however, it was very easy to agree that the environmentalists and politicians had cost us money again.

It *is* part of the problem. The issue is arable land used, not necessarily using more of a certain type of crop. That's why American hops production is now virtually nonexistent. It's more profitable to produce corn thanks to ethanol subsidies.