I know. Ethanol. It is crazy. Burning food.
I have training in Nuclear Physics so I understand a little about the subject of irradiation, and if one took into account the huge amount of food-borne illnesses and the wastage of food going bad due to spoilage...the risk versus benefit analysis is a no-brainier.
I think the whole organic foods thing is a scam, but if it makes people feel better and safer, and they have the extra money to spend to satisfy that, then power to them. Just don’t impose it on me!
I like ethanol. What I don’t like are the government subsidies, including the ones which mandate how much should be blended into our gasoline.
Ethanol needs to stand on it’s own.
I would like to see a four or five year phase out. An immediate phase out would bankrupt the farming industry and seriously disrupt our food supply chain.
What would we then do with all our surplus food? I don’t know, but I’m sure a solution would be found.