US might have been wrong about Ethanol
Study show US could have been wrong with implementing ethanol to reduce emissions and could have had opposite effects. Link
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Geo*Boy wrote:Fisherman wrote:
Who says they have to grow those enormous amounts of corn, there's nothing wrong with letting the land lay fallow for a season or two.
Nobody pays a farmer or his huge investment, to just sit there while their land lays fallow.
That's why ethanol for fuel is essentially a farm subsidy -- ethanol requirements and tax breaks for ethanol production creates demand for corn that wouldn't otherwise be there.
