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Originally Posted by leahbeatle
Harry: converting food into fuel is not actually what's going on here. (besides, sugar cane or switchgrass, etc. would make far better ethanol). The corn that will be used to make this ethanol wouldn't feed people, anyway.
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True enough, but already the price of chicken has gone up because of ethanol makers' demand for corn. The price of corn is up, so as a direct result the price of chickens is up. So while humans eat a relatively small percentage of the corn crop, we also like to eat chicken and other meat, and those prices are all going up because of ethanol.
If corn goes up, I would guess other grain prices would follow.
The fact is, using corn for ethanol production raises our grocery bills, which is something we have no say in. I don't like it. I'm conserving energy by driving nothing but fuel efficient vehicles, and I resent people driving around in Tahoes and Yukons who use way too much fuel, and have not only raised the price I pay for gasoline, now they are raising my grocery bills!
Harry