There's another problem which I think has been mentioned and that is the impact of moving corn from a food commodity to a fuel. Your reference minimizes that impact. Personally I could not see how the competition for corn could not have an impact on cost of corn as a food. While riding in Wisconsin last year I talked to some of those who knew the dairy industry and they indicated that the cost of dairy products were raising as a result of the increasing price of corn.

Here is what I consider an impartial source, i.e. they're not trying to sell the corn or prevent its sale/use as a fuel.

So my question is: Is this a valid and economical use of corn?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...IGs&refer=home

Thanks again for the discussion. I'm learning, tho I'll never as I pointed out do anything with a tool.