How well are corn fuel and sugar ethanol doing in the struggle to reduce America’s dependance on foreign oil?
Big companies are losing money converting corn to ethanol in spite of government subsidies (read taxpayer money) for ethanol fuels which are usually a blend with gasoline.
The impact on greenhouse gases is minimal. In theory the advantage [...]
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Biofuels are one way of reducing the world’s dependency on petrol. It will be difficult to reach high volumes soon but as with all efforts, every little bit helps.
It’s not all good news though. A big controversy is building on the influence this is having on the world food prices. Already prices of agricultural crops [...]
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