Corn ethanol: higher food prices and more water pollution
Corn ethanol: higher food prices
Some people are warning there are hidden costs to the drive for ethanol. The demand for corn-based ethanol for fuel has pushed the price of corn close to the highest price it's been in 10 years. Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Michigan.
23 April 2007
http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3401
Corn ethanol: more water pollution
Corn needs a lot more nitrogen fertilizer than other crops. And when it rains, nitrogen moves quickly from the fields to the waterways, especially when grass strips don't filter the runoff. Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Michigan.
23 April 2007
http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3402
Informant: binstock
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ethanol
Some people are warning there are hidden costs to the drive for ethanol. The demand for corn-based ethanol for fuel has pushed the price of corn close to the highest price it's been in 10 years. Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Michigan.
23 April 2007
http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3401
Corn ethanol: more water pollution
Corn needs a lot more nitrogen fertilizer than other crops. And when it rains, nitrogen moves quickly from the fields to the waterways, especially when grass strips don't filter the runoff. Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Michigan.
23 April 2007
http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=3402
Informant: binstock
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ethanol
rudkla - 24. Apr, 11:08
