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Does Ethanol Deserve the Blame for Rising Food Prices?

Finally, here is an article that attempts to weigh the pros and cons with recent facts and figures. I am getting so tired of the articles and research funded and sponsored by big oil.

The 51¢ per gallon federal blender’s credit is a reduction in tax that the blender receives not the producer. Its intention was to offset the upstart costs to build the infrastructure used to blend the ethanol. It is much like the income tax credit you would get on your mortgage interest.

Remember, distillers grain, the by produced of ethanol production is fed back to cattle. It has a higher nutritional value than the original corn.

I also find it ironic that these same "starving" and corrupted countries are asking for money and not food. Take Haiti for instance, they have food rotting on their docks. The corrupted government won't allow the food to leave the boats. They want the duties and taxes.

VeraSun Energy and the Ethanol Debate

Finally, we are getting more bang out of the kernal of corn. We use the starch of the kernal to produce ethanol and then feed the remainder of the product to the livestock with a higher nutritional value than feeding the raw kernal.