... agricultural land they have just now. http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=20943 Again this is the US price so Mexico has a nice get out clause... http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm quote "Mr. Pimentel concluded that "abusing our precious croplands to grow corn for an energy-inefficient process that yields low-grade automobile fuels amounts to unsustainable subsidized ...

... up corn prices. http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April06/Features/Ethanol.htm http://www.ncga.com/ethanol/economics/cornPrices.asp http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=20943 http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm And finally consider this: Pimentel says, "about 70 percent more energy is required to produce ethanol than the energy that actually is in ethanol. Every time...