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Corn Shortage Hampers US Ethanol Production

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:The Truth About Ethanol by crutchy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    omg that makes so much sense! microsoft please save us! we love you steve ballmer!

    *burns anything that may have been even remotely related to linux*