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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
One of the NEGATIVE impacts of the rise of biofuels is its impact on farmland that's to be otherwised used for food.
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True $5 - there has been a push on corn etc and subsidies given to produce more, despite corn is not the most efficent raw product for this purpose and costs around a third more to process than eg sugar cane.
There are apparently a number of states in the US where sugar cane can be grown OK - tho not sure how much land can be devoted to this, but sure would be better (assuming there are no other obstacle courses).