Sadly, the United States has policies to specifically encourage burning food as fuel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_ethanol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Sadly, the United States has policies to specifically encourage burning food as fuel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_ethanol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_ethanol Corn ethanol is ethanol produced from corn biomass and is the main source of ethanol fuel in the United States. Approximately 25% of U.S. corn croplands are used for ethanol production. ... Since 2001, corn ethanol production has increased by more than seven times. [In] 2018, out of 14.62 billions of bushels of corn produced, 5.60 billions of bushels were used to produce corn ethanol, reported by the United States Department of Energy.