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Originally Posted by bennelson
My current understanding is that, in the Midwest, it is made from corn that isn't sold for human consumption anyways.
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Doesn't matter since it still affects the price of corn.
I don't want to see ethanol become popular because it will still negatively affect the price of food in countries that don't have enough for everyone to eat.
Until that problem is solved we shouldn't be wasting crops to power our vehicles.
I personally don't particularly care about pollution, but do keep in mind the process of making ethanol produces more pollution than pretty much every alternative fuel option. In most areas it will produce twice the pollution footprint of regular gasoline.
Ethanol from corn is being pushed heavily by those that have a vested interest in it being produced under government subsidies.