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Corn/Ethenol - a terrible alternative
Corn as an alternative fuel is just an absolute disaster. Corn develops very shallow roots that sap the top soil of nutrients. In order to plant again the following season, tons of PETROLEUM based fertilizers must be used. Corn plants drink up loads of water for the amount of actual corn produced. The water of course will be pumped with energy from more PETROLEUM. Per acre, corn plants process far less carbon dioxide than other crops, and the product yield per acre is lower than other crops too. So that means more tractors plowing more acres using more... PETROLEUM.
Ethanol is what you get when lobbyists write our environmental policy.