Comments on: U.S. Corn Ethanol Industry: Spoiled New Kid on the Block http://trendsupdates.com/u-s-corn-ethanol-industry-spoiled-new-kid-on-the-block/ A trip down the trendy lane Fri, 25 May 2012 16:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Orng Crush http://trendsupdates.com/u-s-corn-ethanol-industry-spoiled-new-kid-on-the-block/#comment-9174 Orng Crush Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:39:33 +0000 http://trendsupdates.com/?p=17918#comment-9174 Thank you for fixing that error. Thank you for fixing that error.

]]> By: Orng Crush http://trendsupdates.com/u-s-corn-ethanol-industry-spoiled-new-kid-on-the-block/#comment-9128 Orng Crush Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:07:57 +0000 http://trendsupdates.com/?p=17918#comment-9128 No, it’s not a 10-15 percent increase in food prices. It’s 10-15 percent OF the rise in food prices. That’s a HUGE difference. That report says that ethanol caused a 0.5-0.8 percent rise in food prices. So the price of your Pepsi went up by a half a penny thanks to ethanol. Did this author even glance at the summary of the report or just copy and paste bad info from other poorly researched coverage? It’s really clear on Page 1 of the report. No, it’s not a 10-15 percent increase in food prices. It’s 10-15 percent OF the rise in food prices. That’s a HUGE difference. That report says that ethanol caused a 0.5-0.8 percent rise in food prices. So the price of your Pepsi went up by a half a penny thanks to ethanol.

Did this author even glance at the summary of the report or just copy and paste bad info from other poorly researched coverage? It’s really clear on Page 1 of the report.

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