Selasa, 29 Maret 2011

How the Ethanol Program Contributes to Higher Food Costs for Consumers World Wide


Higher food and energy costs are starting to bite the American consumer.The U.S. is the largest corn exporter in the world and we are now using twice as much corn to produce ethanol as we are exporting.35 million acres of the most productive farmland in the U.S. is being diverted to ethanol.
Nearly forty percent of our corn production goes towards producing ethanol.Fifteen percent of global corn