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ENR > Environment > Food Shortages Turn Corn to Toast as Fuel - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
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| The corn-ethanol industry has sailed through storms of controversy over its net-energy balance and its value as a gasoline oxygenate to replace methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether (MTBE). But ethanol price volatility in the last year has weakened its appeal. Now, corn ethanol has run aground on the shoals of global food shortages and rising food prices, which many blame on the diversion of corn from the food chain to fuel supply. Firms may now be building the last grain-based ethanol plants in the U.S. When the market comes back, the smart money is betting cellulosic ethanol will be king.
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