Facts about Ethanol
Ethanol is domestic Fuel
It is not an oil deriative so it can promte evey country to become energy independent.
Ethanol is mostly produced by processing corn, which is produced in high quantity in USA.
American farmers grow about 42% of the world’s output.
It’s the single largest crop on earth (the sugarcane crop is larger, but it contains more water).
In 2004, U.S. corn output could have fed the entire population of China.
However, a mere 2% of U.S. corn goes directly to feed people; another 19% goes into processed foods (e.g., the high-fructose corn syrup additive in almost every processed food product in our supermarkets).
The majority of U.S. corn goes to feed livestock, even though corn makes cattle sick and produces antibiotic-resistant bacteria.