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The Illusion Of A Clean Future With Ethanol
By Mr Ethanol | March 21, 2008
Ethanol produced from corn is hailed by some as a fix-all fuel that is good for the environment and creates jobs in agricultural states. Will writes that ethanol doesn’t live up to the hype.
NewsHour Extra:
Biofuels are everywhere in Iowa right now, with a massive surge in ethanol production and a widespread belief that ethanol use will solve many, or all, of our problems.
Proponents tout corn ethanol production as Iowa’s solution for everything from a flagging economy and job loss, to climate change.
A job boost for Iowa
Recently, Iowans bore witness to Governor Culver’s first annual Condition of the State address, wherein our governor declared that the “condition of the state is strong,” citing the growth of the ethanol industry and the jobs it has brought. Culver went on to praise these new “green-collar” jobs that ethanol production provides.
However, despite the progress of Culver’s ethanol initiative, the negative influence on the state outweighs the influence of the ethanol industry. Though production has added thousands of new jobs to Iowa, it has not been able to counteract job loss from layoffs and plant closings - the unemployment rate in Iowa has risen from 3.5% last year to 3.9%.
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Topics: Ethanol, Negatives, Trends |
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