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Corn Shortage Hampers US Ethanol Production

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 10, 2013 @08:34AM from the but-think-of-the-poor-candlemakers dept.

drdread66 writes "A nationwide corn shortage brought on by last year's drought has started to curtail ethanol production. While this shouldn't be surprising to anyone, it raises public policy issues regarding ethanol usage requirements in motor fuel. Given that the energy efficiency of ethanol fuel is questionable at best, is it time to lift the mandate for ethanol in our gasoline?"

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Re:Kill Corn Subsidies! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-10 08:52 · Score: 4, Funny

If you had your way then we'd all be reduced to using real sugar.
If we can't drink and drive by kawabago · 2013-02-10 09:22 · Score: 5, Funny

neither should our vehicles.
Ethanol: by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-10 09:49 · Score: 4, Funny

It's what cars crave.