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  2. Corn ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Corn ethanol is ethanol produced from corn ... Another serious problem with corn ethanol as a ... The amount of corn used for other uses, including human consumption ...

  3. Issues relating to biofuels - Wikipedia

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    At this time, costs of conversion of cellulosic fuels, at $1.46 per gallon, were roughly twice that of corn-based ethanol, at $0.78 per gallon. Cellulosic biofuels from corn stover and miscanthus were 24% and 29% more expensive than corn ethanol, respectively, and switchgrass biofuel is more than twice as expensive as corn ethanol. [29]

  4. How the (Finally Ended) Corn Ethanol Subsidy Made Us Fatter

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    Over the past 30 years, the federal government has given an estimated $45 billion to the corn industry to help support ethanol production. In 2011 alone, those subsidies totaled about $6 billion ...

  5. Ethanol groups slam US EPA advisors for report on fuel's ...

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    The ethanol and corn industries on Thursday slammed an advisory board to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a draft report that found there could be little climate benefit to using corn ...

  6. Food vs. fuel - Wikipedia

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    So the ethanol/corn subsidies drive up the prices of other farm crops. [citation needed] The US, an important export country for food stocks - will convert 18% of its grain output to ethanol in 2008. Across the US, 25% of the whole corn crop went to ethanol in 2007. [6] The percentage of corn going to biofuel is expected to go up. [71]

  7. Ethanol, the Next Generation: Why Corn Is Out and Cellulose Is In

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    Since the 1970s, the U.S. has subsidized ethanol produced from food crops, especially from corn, thus providing a homegrown, alternative fuel source for our automobiles. But for multiple reasons ...

  8. Indirect land use change impacts of biofuels - Wikipedia

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    Brazilian cerrado Amazon rainforest. The indirect land use change impacts of biofuels, also known as ILUC or iLUC (pronounced as i-luck), relates to the unintended consequence of releasing more carbon emissions due to land-use changes around the world induced by the expansion of croplands for ethanol or biodiesel production in response to the increased global demand for biofuels.

  9. Ethanol at the Gas Pump May Be Hurting, Not Helping Air ...

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    Scientific study concludes that ethanol is likely a net environmental negative, contradicting a past USDA study that heralded the corn-based biofuel’s effect. Ethanol at the Gas Pump May Be ...