Corn to Power Airplanes? Biden Administration Sets a High Bar.
www.nytimes.com
Producers of biofuels like ethanol, which could help create a new generation of jet fuel, would have to overhaul their practices to receive tax credits.
  • MtnPoo@beehaw.orgEnglish
    74·
    5 months ago

    So we’re going to give food to planes instead of hungry people. does this guy know it’s an election year?

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      13·
      5 months ago

      We’re actually giving about half the US corn crop to cars already. The other half goes to animals, with a rounding error going to people.

      I also recommend reading the article: the policy makes it difficult to get a subsidy to convert corn into jet-a fuel

      • MtnPoo@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I saw the part about it being hard to get the subsidy. Sounds like it’s happening anyway.