Corn Can't Save Us

Dwindling foreign oil, rising prices at the gas pump and hype from
politically well-connected U.S. agribusiness have combined to create a
frenzied rush to convert food grains into ethanol fuel. The move is badly
conceived and ill advised. Corporate spin and pork barrel legislation
aside, here, by the numbers, are the scientific reasons why corn won't
provide our energy needs... Full Story »

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Beth Jones
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by Beth Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

This article attempts to deflate the hype about biofuels by presenting facts and figures that the agribiz bigwigs would rather we not focus on. The negative impact of food crop/grain-based biofuels has been covered elsewhere, but this author does more of the math here than most to back it up.

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