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Ethanol: economic gain or drain?
Abstract: Corn-based ethanol can make a dent in demand for oil, but at what price? Food costs go up. Environmental damage worsens. If oil prices fall, ethanol production will probably collapse-as it did 20 years ago.
Keywords: Energy consumption;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Part of Series: The Regional Economist
Publication Date: 2008
Issue: Jul
Pages: 4-9