The chemical manufacturing industry has been manufacturing ethanol from other than corn fermentation for many years. Yet, there are laws on the books that prevent them for manufacturing ethanol as an additive for ethanol gasoline.........how stupid! Guess they're afraid that would run the ethanol manufacturing plants in the midwest out of business? Use of ethanol manufactured by the chemical industry as a fuel additive could go a long way in reducing the high price of corn, and also all food products made from corn.....ie, bread, cereal, all meat products that use corn as a feedstock, etc. Read this article for more:
How A Dumb Law Blocks A Great Way To Fuel America
Christopher Helman - Forbes
4/03/2012 @ 3:38PM |24,863 views
This year American motorists will burn through 14 billion gallons of ethanol, the end product of 5 billion bushels of corn—a third of the U.S. crop—grown on 33 million acres of farmland. It arguably cuts pollution coming out of U.S. tailpipes, but at a huge cost. Since 2005, when Congress required that ethanol be added to your gas tank, U.S. corn prices have tripled.
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