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Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the gas-on-the-cob dept.

eldavojohn writes "The United States' Department of Energy is stating that corn based fuel is not the future. From the article, "I'm not going to predict what the price of corn is going to do, but I will tell you the future of biofuels is not based on corn," U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell said in an interview. Output of U.S. ethanol, which is mostly made from corn, is expected to jump in 2007 from 5.6 billion gallons per year to 8 billion gpy, as nearly 80 bio-refineries sprout up. In related news, Fidel Castro is blasting the production of corn fuel as a blatant waste of food that would otherwise feed 3 billion people who will die of hunger."

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  1. zombie castro said what? by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In related news, Fidel Castro is blasting the production of corn fuel as a blatant waste of food that would otherwise feed 3 billion people who will die of hunger.

    He only wants to keep them alive so he can have a fresh supply of warm brains.

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    1. Re:zombie castro said what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's made out of people.... PEOPLEeeEeEe

    2. Re:zombie castro said what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Refugees?

    3. Re:zombie castro said what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Don't they teach those things there on history/geography classes?

      This is America, sir. Clearly you have mistaken us for a people who give a crap about either geography or history.
    4. Re:zombie castro said what? by vandan · · Score: 1, Funny

      And what dictatorship would that be?

      Chavez has was each successive election with a greater majority than the last. That's a lot more than anyone can say for Dubya. Do you even know what a dictatorship is?

  2. I'm more amazed by gerf · · Score: 4, Funny

    That three billion people die a year from hunger. HOLY CRAP!

  3. Oh shit, what now? by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The news here is not that corn is a bad way to make ethanol. Everybody who isn't in the pocket of agribusiness knows that. The news here is that a true blue bushie (or should I say true red bushie? how did Republicans become red?) has reached this conclusion. Which is going to upset a lot of people. Which means they're up to something. What? Is Bush going to invade Iowa?

  4. Re:wonderful by Aokubidaikon · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about we genetically modify corn to product THC? That would solve all of our problems.

  5. A Modest Proposal... by Kadin2048 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously, we just need some way of bypassing the middle man in all this, and converting poor people directly into fuel!

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