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Ok Big T I can understand were you are coming from and most people in these country have the exact same opinion and I do respect that.
Corn is not the way to make Ethanol, it only yields about 350 gallons a acre, there is much better ways of doing it. Just in the last couple of years enzymes have bean discovered to break down starches into sugars that can fermented
for the production of alcohol. Marsh cat tails 1,100 gallons a acre, switch grass, fodder beats, sugar beats, kelp, sugar cane, and these is just to name a few, all witch yield over triple the amount over corn.
We make Ethanol from corn in these country because we are set up for it and it works but not very well and times are changing. I really don't think and I may be wrong but as far as food shortages Ethanol is probably the last thing that could cause any Major food shortage. Last year after all the corn was bought/sold/traded, we still had 40 million bushels left over.
Take a look at Brazil self sufficient does not import any foreign oil and 90 percent of there vehicles run on Ethanol/
Flex fuel.
What I am getting at is these country is in serious trouble, crude oil no matter were it comes from is and has and always will be a toxic waist, which we burn and pollutes are only one plant we have. Think of all the miss haps from crude oil and what can never be brought back. Pollution from fossil fuels is destroying our planet and something needs to be done ASAP. Not saying Ethanol is the answer or will it solve the problem, but it will burn clean, it is totally renewable (just as long as the sun shines) we can distill it from just about anything that grows ( the cows can keep there corn) molasses works even better and is renewable.
Fore some crazy reason every time somebody says Ethanol somebody says corn, why because thats the old way and thats the way we have alway done it, There is a much much better way of doing it, celluloses Ethanol distilling alcohol from anything that has a bio matter. There is more than plenty of ground on these plant to sustain alcohol production, north America and its oceans could easily sustain the production of alcohol with out using one single kernel of corn.
One last thing, got both of my bikes on Ethanol / E85.... 85% Ethanol 15% Pump gas, and they run real real good
on 105 + octane that Ethanol produces. Ran the 500 all day on Saturday hard and I really don't think it has ever ran that good.
Please don't get me wrong, I no exactly were you are coming from, I just have done ton of research on ethanol and hold a distillers license and distill alcohol from molasses . Just two years ago I saw my first E85 pump and said what in the world is E85 / Ethanol  .
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