[GPSCC-chat] Yale Environment 360 on Ethanol from Corn

[Wes Rolley]

Normally the Environment 360 site at Yale University provides only short 
summaries of important items along with links to their source document.  
Today, they post a lengthy OpEd piece from C. Ford Rungem the McKnight 
University Professor of Applied Economics and Law at the University of 
Minnesota.

A Case Against Biofuels: Corn Ethanol's Hidden Costs 
<http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2251&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29>. 


> Despite strong evidence that growing food crops to produce ethanol is 
> harmful to the environment and the world’s poor, the Obama 
> administration is backing subsidies and programs that will ensure that 
> half of the U.S.’s corn crop will soon go to biofuel production. It’s 
> time to recognize that biofuels are anything but green.

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