WASHINGTON (Reuters) – High feed costs, created by the explosive growth of the fuel ethanol industry, will lower U.S. beef and broiler chicken output this year by a quarter billion lbs from earlier forecasts, the U.S. government said on Friday. (source)

Now imagine making it mandatory for smaller, much poorer countries to use a bulk of their corn for ethanol production. In short, you will INCREASE hunger. Consumer Reports recently did a report on the realities of ethanol.

The ethanol myth (link)

Consumer Reports’ E85 tests show that you’ll get cleaner emissions but poorer fuel economy … if you can find it




 

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