Stupid headline: "ethanol without corn"?

Question

How stupid is the media and how stupid do they think *you* are?

Headline: "Biotechs try to take corn out of ethanol"
They claim: "The ethanol craze is putting the squeeze on corn supplies and causing food prices to rise."

Ethanol can be made out of *anything* that contains starch or sugar: rice, potatoes, sugar beets, apples, pears, wheat, rye, etc. There's even a plant called "comfrey" that contains significantly more starch than corn and is easily converted into alcohol. Corn isn't the only thing can be used to create ethanol.

And before you screaming liberals start up with your insults, let me tell you how I know. Back in 1979 (before you were born, kiddies) there was a gas shortage. I lived in Washington. I converted my car to alcohol fuel. I used discarded apples and grew comfrey to create plenty of ethanol to run my car.

Ethanol can be created without corn. So conservatives...don't worry. Libs...start panicking.

Answer 1

You are correct, ethanol can be made from many things if cost and volumes do not matter. But the US only has corn in the quantities and prices required to make bio alcohol a reasonable commercial proposition.

Answer 2

What kind of fuel was in the rototiller?

What kind of fuel was used to make your garden tools?

Ethanol from ANY source requires the use of twice as much fossil fuel as ethanol produced.

Forget ethanol . . . .

Answer 3

Switchgrass is more economical and green to produce and process into ethanol than corn is.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

can they make ethonol out of hot air.??