Ethanol plants like this Adkins Energy LLC plant in Lena, Ill. use an average of four gallons of water per gallon of fuel they produce. When irrigated corn is used that number can balloon to nearly 1,000 gallons of water. (Photo by Rob Runyan)
By Rob Runyan/Medill
Watergy
No, it’s not the newest vitamin-enhanced thirst quencher on the […]
Water resources finally get their day in Congress
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Farmers Regroup, Assess Corn Damage in Iowa after Floods; Impact on Ethanol Already Felt
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Flooded farms in Iowa may have far-reaching effects on corn prices and ethanol. (Photo by Eric Kroh)
By Eric Kroh
As farmers in Iowa clear sediment deposited on their land by the Mississippi, Iowa and Cedar rivers, it remains to be seen just how much damage the floods have done.
At a community meeting in Wapello yesterday, […]
Tags: · Barack Obama, corn, ethanol, floods, fuels, Iowa, John McCain, renewable, Rick Perry, standard, Texas
