Hot Air: Feeding cars instead of people

Hot Air: Feeding cars instead of people

"Every fill of the tank with ethanol uses the same amount of corn a child would eat in a year, and let's not even talk about the amount of potable water used to grow the corn in the first place. Given the above, which is the better use of the corn? If we produce ethanol from waste -- such as with switchgrass, which shows promise -- then no ethical problem would exist, although certainly the efficiency issues would remain. Until then, we should end the push to turn food into fuel, driven by the global-climate-change hysteria and pandering to the agricultural sector. Feed people ahead of cars. Is that really such a difficult concept?"