• i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    Where does that 12 billion for soybean and corn farmers come from? The people who can’t afford their groceries. America has enough corn. America grows corn just to burn it as a gasoline additive. Maybe if the price of corn is falling, it’s time to grow something else.

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      3 days ago

      not just an additive for funsies, it replaces the pollutant MTBE as an oxygenating agent, necessary to mitigate smog-creating emissions.

      it’s also not a petrochemical, so reduces the carbon footprint of gasoline.