Corn for BioFuel is a Bad Deal.

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

The nation continues to invest billions in the production of ethanol from corn without really understanding the end result of its actions.

But the truth is quickly coming to light despite the fact that the government continues to provide fat subsidies to organizations that produce ethanol in effort to clean up the environment and lessen our dependence on oil.

And the truth is this:

Corn is not a Green Solution to our Energy Crisis: It's energy density is approximately 1/3 less than regular gasoline. This means that you need to burn much more to generate the same level of power.

Here's more reasoning why corn is not the way to go (from a July issue of Rolling Stone)http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/15635751/the_ethanol_scam_one_of_americas_biggest_political_boondoggles

"Another misconception is that ethanol is green. In fact, corn production depends on huge amounts of fossil fuel -- not just the diesel needed to plow fields and transport crops, but also the vast quantities of natural gas used to produce fertilizers. Runoff from industrial-scale cornfields also silts up the Mississippi River and creates a vast dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. What's more, when corn ethanol is burned in vehicles, it is as dirty as conventional gasoline and does little to solve global warming: E85 reduces carbon dioxide emissions by a modest fifteen percent at best, while fueling the destruction of tropical forests."

In addition, this strategy for fuel development does not decrease our reliance on oil, artificially drives up food prices, and could tie us to emerging nations such as Brazil (we already have plans to use their farmland to grow corn for fuel because we lack it ourselves) just as we are now tied to Middle Eastern nations for oil.

So while the government and its minions continue to cash in on what could prove to be one of the biggest scams in our nation's history, others are making a concerted effort to develop sustainable and renewable fuels from sources that make sense.

In my opinion, once the gig is up and the incentives are gone, the world will quickly awaken and realize just how bad they were duped. At that point, I think it will be those with truly innovative ideas (i.e., recycling human waste, harnessing solar energy and hydrogen, using non-edible organisms to build fuel, fuel cells, etc.) who begin cashing in, and justifiably so, on our need for alternative energy.