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The EPA may shift corn away from ethanol use to reduce demand on drought-impacted farms.
Only months ago, the EPA was pressing hard to expand the use of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply, but in the wake of this summer’s fierce drought, the agency may soon reverse course and actually trim back because of shortages of corn used to produce the renewable fuel.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, an influential Utah Republican, this week urged the EPA to curb ethanol requirements, as have 200 members of the House and the governors of eight corn-producing states.
OK, so it’s not gone yet. But nothing says I can’t get my vinyl out and the turntable warmed up.
Yeah, that whole “burn your food” thing doesn’t make much sense to me. When I first heard about it, it sounded great – “hey, grow your fuel! that would be fantastic!” But then, when you run ALL the numbers on it (overall energy efficiency, land required, methods, subsidies, etc), it suddenly becomes a LOT less attractive, especially if you are a poor person who depends on corn products as a primary food source, for example, a typical family in the Mexican state of Chiapas.