In our insatiable lust to sit in traffic jams in little tin boxes, we are now preparing to starve for the sake of driving. As.... In our insatiable lust to sit in traffic jams in little tin boxes, we are now preparing to starve for the sake of driving. As Lester Brown points out:

In agricultural terms, the world appetite for automotive fuel is insatiable. The grain required to fill a 25-gallon SUV gas tank with ethanol will feed one person for a year. The grain to fill the tank every two weeks over a year will feed 26 people.

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In some U.S. Corn Belt states, ethanol distilleries are taking over the corn supply. In Iowa, a staggering 55 ethanol plants are operating or have been proposed. Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner observes that if all these plants are built, they would use virtually all the corn grown in Iowa. In South Dakota, a top-ten corn-growing state, ethanol distilleries are already claiming over half of the corn harvest.

Read the full article at the Earth Policy Institute website.