Federal subsidizes to corn farmers and distillers for ethanol fuel production is driving up the price of every dairy and beef product causing the poorest of us to spend more on basic foods while increasing everyone's taxes.
But, another future problem being created is the loss of usable farm land. I live in Florida and work with the phosphate industry (among others), especially the phosphate strip mines. The demand for phosphate fertilizer it thru the roof right now because of corn. Corn depletes the soil more than any other food crop so requires the most fertilizer. At the current rate of phosphate usage for corn fields, phosphate deposits in Florida will be totally depleted in 30 years. At that time not only won't we be able to make ethanol for fuel but food production will drop to levels that will cause world-wide famine!
http://floridafrontier.com/index.html
FLORIDIANS FOR FUSION ENERGY NOW!
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