alt Hacker News> Today we have a huge buffer from the large use of grain to feed animals.
This, plus the gigantic amount of agricultural land being used for biofuel production (almost as much as cattle food).
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throwaway27448 • today at 2:51 PM
Who ever thought the idea of biofuel was a good one? Is it just as much a blatant jobs program as it seems?
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The standard counter-argument is that the corn grown for animal feed and for ethanol production is not suited for human consumption.
But that's only partially true. We wouldn't eat it directly -- it could still be turned into masa or sugar or some other processed food and then eaten.