Yes, but the farmers chose to grow all that corn because Congress subsidized ethanol
And Congress subsidized ethanol because the farm lobbyists told them to.
Both sides are to blame, and I don’t have a lot of sympathy for either side when they get bitten by the economic and infrastructure monster that they each had a hand in creating.
One my farming neighbors who grew pecans told me “when I have a bad year, I don’t make any money, when I have a good year, so does everybody else and the prices are so low that I don’t make any money”.
All I can say is…I’m glad I’m not a farmer.
Is this anything new? I remember being annoyed seeing a sticker on a gas pump back in the early 90s: “May contain up to 15% of ethanol” I never had a problem with using it except noticeably lower mileage sometimes. And I had carbureted vehicles at the time.
I’ve never seen a sticker saying my gas may be up to 15% ethanol. In fact, I would highly question their existence. Primarily because E15, as its called, was not legal prior to just last year. The EPA limited ethanol to 10%, or E90, for general gasoline usage. Special flex-fuel cars could run up to E85, but those pumps were clearly labeled as such.
A baby was born in the little farm house. A few minutes later, the doctor went to the father and said, “You have a new son, and he’s going to be a farmer.” “How do you know?” asked the farmer. “Because,” said the doctor, “He hasn’t stopped crying since he came out of the womb.”