The nearly 5 billion bushels of corn that will be cordoned off for to create ethanol could feed about 412 million people for an entire year. Instead, it will be turned into 13.5 billion gallons of corn ethanol. Why is this a problem? (via ClimateProgress)
![A good point raised by the top commenter on this Washington Post story: “Maybe now is the time to consider stopping the production of corn based ethanol.”
Drought threatens U.S. food prices
A drought in the Corn Belt and elsewhere in the Midwest has pushed the bushel price of corn up about 27 percent in the past month alone, and there is little sign of rain in the near future, a forecast that could soon push up food costs across the country, meteorologists say.
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A good point raised by the top commenter on this Washington Post story: “Maybe now is the time to consider stopping the production of corn based ethanol.”
Drought threatens U.S. food prices
A drought in the Corn Belt and elsewhere in the Midwest has pushed the bushel price of corn up about 27 percent in the past month alone, and there is little sign of rain in the near future, a forecast that could soon push up food costs across the country, meteorologists say.
[Image credit: Seth Perlman/AP]
