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Old 04-26-2008, 10:36 AM  
yys
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Originally Posted by Ethersync View Post
Part of the reason for the corn spike is Ethanol production apparently.....

"?It takes around 400 pounds of corn to make 25 gallons of ethanol..."
http://nysun.com/news/food-crisis-ec...climate-change
Only about 5% of the corn crop is used to produce ethanol so it's effects are negligible but it makes for a good story.
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