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Government subsidized corn ethanol is an environmental disaster. If you hear it being brought up, you automatically assume the person is either confused or work
by _hypx 3y ago
Government subsidized corn ethanol is an environmental disaster. If you hear it being brought up, you automatically assume the person is either confused or working for the corn lobby.
Cellulosic ethanol is an idea brought up as a solution to the problems of corn ethanol. Ironically, by the George W. Bush administration. Unfortunately, nothing has materialized in any meaningful quantity.
And FYI, they’d be subsidizing it heavily if any meaningful quantity of cellulosic ethanol could be produced. So bringing up that part doesn’t mean much. But cellulosic ethanol production never happened and so far there is no reason to believe it is possible.
- _aavaa_ 3y ago> And FYI, they’d be subsidizing it heavily if any meaningful quantity of cellulosic ethanol could be produced. I'm not so sure. That would introduce competition for the corn ethanol, and there's a fairly large constituency (those having their corn production subsidised) that would oppose this kind of measure.
- _hypx 3y agoThe corn lobby are huge advocates for cellulosic ethanol because it means corn stover could also be made into ethanol.