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Corn for Grain or Corn for Ethanol?

Corn for Grain or Corn for Ethanol?. Group Project by: Kayla Chronister, Michael Flanagan, and Colton Dull. The Pros of using Corn for Ethanol. Will help to reduce future gas prices Will provide jobs in corn farming Provides jobs in Ethanol processing

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Corn for Grain or Corn for Ethanol?

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  1. Corn for Grain or Corn for Ethanol? Group Project by: Kayla Chronister, Michael Flanagan, and Colton Dull

  2. The Pros of using Corn for Ethanol • Will help to reduce future gas prices • Will provide jobs in corn farming • Provides jobs in Ethanol processing • Provides jobs in Transportation of Ethanol • Alternate and more environmentally friendly than pure gasoline

  3. Pros of Ethanol (cont.) • Will provide time to allow for research for alternate fuel sources other than fossil fuels. • Will provide corn farmers with additional ways to earn profits

  4. The Cons of using Corn for Ethanol • The larger the production of Ethanol, the less corn is being used to provide food • Hunger levels rising will also mean that a death rate will rise among those in poverty due to lack of food • The higher the use of ethanol, means less fields being used to grow things other than corn

  5. Cons of Ethanol (cont.) • There would be a lack of other crop based food products • Ethanol produces nearly as much pollution as pure gasoline during its refinement

  6. Facts about Ethanol • To fill one 25-gallon tank of a SUV of pure ethanol, it would take enough corn to feed a person for a year • It takes six billion gallons of ethanol to replace its alternative, before any of it is added to the fuel • Ethanol’s processing, as said before, pollutes the environment almost as much as using pure fossil fuels, like gasoline.

  7. Facts about Ethanol • 90% of Ethanol in the United States is made with corn. • Ethanol has been used for over 200 years • Corn can grow in diverse climates, therefore there are many fields in the United States.

  8. The Pros of using Corn for Grain • The more use of corn for grain means the price of food products with the use of corn will decrease • The cheaper food products are, the easier it is to help prevent hunger related deaths • With more corn being needed for food, more jobs will be needed to harvest the crops

  9. The Cons of Corn for Grain • With less corn being used to make ethanol, there will be a larger dependency on foreign fuels • Pure gasoline with no addition of Ethanol means that pollution levels of the air will raise drastically • Without corn processing to make Ethanol, jobs would be lost in this section of the economy

  10. Pictures: Corn for Ethanol Corn Grain A Cornfield All Pictures from Google Images.

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  15. Works Cited (Internet Sources) • "Ethanol Cost And Environmental Factors." Congressional Digest 90.8 (2011): 231. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. • Runge, C. FordSenauer, Benjamin. "How Biofuels Could Starve The Poor." Foreign Affairs 86.3 (2007): 41. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 30 Jan. 2012 • McClure, Angela Thompson. "Planting corn for grain in Tennessee." Tennessee Education. The University of Tennessee, Feb. 2009. Web. 30 Jan. 2012.

  16. Works Cited (Book/eBook Sources) • Cohen, Roger. “Bring on the right biofuels; Globalist.” International Herald Tribune 24 Apr. 2008; Global Issues in Context. Web. 30 Jan. 2012 • O'Neil, Lauren. "Attention Shifts to advance biofuels in U.S." The Oil Daily Jan.-Feb. 2012: n. pag. Global Issues in Conte • Simpson, Jeffrey. "Corn-based ethanol: The negatives outweigh the positives." Editorial. Glove & Mail [Toronto, Canada] 30 July 2008: n. pag. Global Issues in Context. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. xt. Web. 30 Jan. 2012.

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