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Originally Posted by leahbeatle
Even though I've started to hear these sorts of arguments a lot ('corn is food, not fuel' or 'we shouldn't use corn for ethanol because it will drive up the price of food and starve hungry people'), they are both basically specious.
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No they aren't. The price of corn has doubled, largely due to the huge demand of ethanol makers.
If the price of corn was up 10 percent, I could buy your argument.
A 100 percent increase in the price of corn says you're wrong.
Harry