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Old 01-24-2007, 04:51 PM
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Ethanol or food?

Are we reaching the point already that US ethanol production is causing people to starve? This was on a radio newscast, so I dont have a link. It was stated that in Mexico, corn prices have gone up so much that people are having trouble affording the staple "bread", corn tortillas. It was stated that ethanol production here is the cause of the price spike. What we dont need is still more pressure on our southern border from this. E85 is not the solution to air pollution anyway, more of a farm subsidy and a way for automakers to get around CAFE standards.

Jim