>turned in to food... I should hope they just keep it food. ; I was commenting more on the uses of government subsidy. Unless things changed significantly in

>turned in to food... I should hope they just keep it food. ; I was commenting more on the uses of government subsidy. Unless things changed significantly in more recent years, ethanol was never all that affordable. To wit: "...53,956 BTUs per gallon to manufacture ethanol. The best existing plants use 37,883 BTUs per gallon" (1) The manufacture of ethanol is both subsidized directly and subsidized indirectly through the use of fossil fuels to provide the energy of production. It is generally the case that ethanol cannot be made feasibly (cost) by burning ethanol. 1. http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph240/dikeou1/docs/ethanolnetenergy.pdf http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph240/dikeou1/docs/et...