That's a myth

Posted by Don in Missouri [71.54.209.154] on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 13:26:25 :

In Reply to: May be cheaper, but corn on the cob will cost more. posted by OleManIdaho [164.165.147.34] on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 10:42:46 :

Ethanol is not made from corn on the cob that people eat. Those are different varieties of corn grown and harvest in different ways.

Ethanol is made from corn fed to livestock or used in processed foods. In processed foods, it is the processors and packagers that are responsible for the majority of the costs, not the raw ingredients.

As far as livestock go, the distillers grains are still fed as a protein source after the sugars are used fo ethanol. These are symbiotic industries, not competitors.

We need to make the most use of our domestic resources. We can't continue to be wasteful and dependent on other countries for our energy.

• FoodPriceTruth.org

Follow Ups:

• What's not a myth is that it takes twice as much - 48pw 15:42:51 07/27/2010
  • Nope, that's wrong, too. - Don in Missouri 16:49:28 07/27/2010
    • We'll have to disagree. - 48pw 18:45:26 07/27/2010
    • Not to mention hemp - clueless 17:27:59 07/27/2010
• And of course we have sugar cane - clueless 14:34:48 07/27/2010

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