http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2011/04/16/ethanol-another-choice-for-corn-growers/ Discuss the local stories and questions. Mon, 20 May 2013 01:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2011/04/16/ethanol-another-choice-for-corn-growers/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 Anonymous Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:55:00 +0000 Ethanol is absolutely not, and should not be considered as an alternative to crude oil.n Ethanol is costly in many ways, here are a few.n Raises food prices. Most things we eat rely on corn, competition from producing corn raises the price of most food necessities. Remember, there is only so much land, we can not creat more for producing corn for fuel. Somewhere, some crop comodity must be sacrificed.n As a fuel, is unreliable, damages engines. From moisture issues in gas tanks to the extreme heat of combustion not the best for internal combustion engines. n If ethanol was not highly subsidized by the Federal/State government, price of it would be prohibitive for use as a fuel.

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