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Why Is Corn Better Than Corn
Since most gasoline has 10-15% alcohol produced from corn, some say the price of food has risen, causing hardships, increased food prices, and other problems. Ethanol has been blamed for the rise of food prices. Since corn is used for many different things such as food for us, ethanol gasoline and food for animals. Even though ethanol lowers our gas mileage corn is being used more for ethanol and making it more expensive for the people who would like to eat corn on a cob. In 2013, 40% of corn and other crops went to produce ethanol, 45% was used for feeding livestock and other animals, and only 15% was used for our food and beverages. It takes a while for corn and the other crops to grow so when they send 40% of the crops to be turned into ethanol they are causing more hunger in the world and in the united states. …show more content…
Ethanol that is made of corn emits a lot of pollutants during production and consumption, but cellulosic ethanol reduces the pollutant admission to the atmosphere making it better than the ethanol made of corn. Corn ethanol and cellulosic ethanol are both made at biorefineries, but they must add heat to the corn in order to produce the corn ethanol. When they make cellulosic ethanol there is no heat added and the cellulosic ethanol actually produces electricity.
When corn ethanol is being produced two harmful emissions are being emitted. One of the emissions is fine particulate matter, which has caused the aggravation of lung disease that can lead to death if aggravated enough. Fine particulate matter has also caused heart attacks in people with heart problems also leading to death. The second emission corn ethanol emits is greenhouse gases. Corn ethanol releases big amounts of greenhouse gases such as carbon
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