Wednesday, August 17, 2011

For first time, more corn used for ethanol than livestock | TheGazette

For first time, more corn used for ethanol than livestock | TheGazette: For the first time ever, more of the corn crop may go into gas tanks than into the stomachs of cattle and poultry destined for kitchen tables.

Depressing.

4 comments:

Brett said...

Why in the world do we keep making ethanol? Who is even buying the stuff? I don't see any flex fuel vehicles any more. Maybe they're all in the midwest.

Ryan said...

I'm pretty sure that a certain percentage of all gasoline is now ethanol. Something like 10-20%.

Ryan said...

I think I was wrong. I'm not sure what the percentages are.

Gas companies are buying ethanol because congress passed a law mandating its purchase:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/224298/hungry-ethanol-wolf/editors

Brett said...

Now that you mention it, I have noticed that most gas pumps nowadays (since I actually pump my own gas) list that it "may contain up to 10% ethanol." So you may be on the right track there.

Gotta love a government mandate to buy ethanol.