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Corn and Ethanol
Unfortanently it does not seem like there is anything we can do about the rising of food prices. Unless the gas prices decline sometime soon which probably won't happen. As far as the rising costs of corn due to the use of ethanol, I believe there is an easy solution. The prices of corn are soaring because of lower supply than usual. Couldn't you ...
Posted to Explainer by cATpERSON on July 15, 2008
More than ethanol
Ethanol isn't the only choice. The more fuel alcohols we can produce from a variety of plants the better. Using non-food plants to make alcohol reduces the impact on food prices and can make good use of organic waste. Energy production can also be more localized. Underdeveloped countries can be energy ...
Posted to Explainer by eretzlaff on April 2, 2008