[bboop]

Very interesting, thanks for posting. I had heard that wheat farmers here in the US are now growing corn — because of ethanol subsidies — further exacerbating the wheat crisis in Egypt.

[de.rm]

So we get less MPG & gunked up fuel systems & they starve.

Something is " G U N K E D ~ U P !

[givemELL]

And, there is more. A really informative article from ZeroHedge on corn, ethanol, etc, linked to the lack of food in the ME now:

http://peakoil.com/alternative-energy/zerohedge-total-cost-of-corn-ethanol-85-blend-6-80/

At the end of the article, with lots of data presented is this comment regarding Sen Grassleys opinion that ethanol is “good, good, good”:

“This is not just hype — it’s dangerous, delusional bullshit. Ethanol doesn’t burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper. Our current ethanol production represents only 3.5 percent of our gasoline consumption — yet it consumes twenty percent of the entire U.S. corn crop, causing the price of corn to double in the last two years and raising the threat of hunger in the Third World.” – Jeff Goodell