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Comment by panny

3 hours ago

Maybe it's time to stop burning food as fuel. What are the jets going to do anyway, bomb Iranian children?

Remember when George W Bush signed into law the corn ethanol bill. Corn tripled in price within 8 years. Fuel didn't get cheaper. In fact it cost more to produce the ethanol.

Ethanol was always a political thing, and not technical. It was passed because it would triple the price of corn.

All water under the bridge. Ethanol is now a paying proposition. And it uses corn we used to dump.