Meanwhile...we’re buring our food.
You are exactly correct and you will be more than likely flamed for it.
In the past several months there have been news stories from all over the world about the affects of ethanol on the food supply. In Mexico corn meal, a major food staple, prices sky rocket. In China there is a disruption in the the food supply that is already strained. In Germany farmers are switching crops causing barley for beer to jump in price. Just last week a new report in my area warned that this summer meat and milk prices were going to jump because of ethanol crops affecting the feed supply.
I also have a major problem with basing a major part of our economy on a crop that is so susecptale to weather and simple defoliants. It would not take much to completely disrupt the entire transportation system in the US. That sounds like a recipe for utter disaster.