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The problem with ethanol is not in the use of corn while people all over the world are starving. The actual problem with ethanol is that it's overhyped and nobody ever talks much about it's production. Ethanol uses gasoline in it's processing (go figure) and is only 75% as efficient as the fuel it's being used to replace. So we need gas to even make it and it's only 3/4 the efficiency of our current source of energy. Plus it's not readily available (atleast yet) in most places. Where does it make any sense? It's more polluting than our current scenario between it's processing and having to burn more of it to get the same distance per tank. Another problem with the ethanol craze headed by Al Gore is the government's subsidies have changed. Farmers are turning to corn over their current crops due to the fact that corn is now subsidized. This is the first time in U.S. history we have ever had to import wheat. This drives up the cost of wheat making it's derivitive products more expensive. So, ethanol is a joke headed by it's largest investor, Al Gore, and we are all paying for it. Al Gore, didn't invent the internet but he did invent global warming. |