The advantage of fossil fuels is that nobody eats them. The disadvantage of using wheat or corn (even the hated corn syrup/high fructose corn syrup) is that you are using a crop more properly useful as food and instead putting into a contrived use, recognizing, of course (sneer) that we use the surplus. But given a demand for the crop as a fuel, and the resulting increase in price - well, forget about corn on the cob, folks. It's being used to power your F150.

The other issue is that, as a fuel, its not as good as gas-from-oil, resulting in poorer milage, and of course, an increasing demand.

Finally, Iowa and other corn/wheat producing states love the idea.

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