Agricultural Economics Department

 

Cornhusker Economics

ORCID IDs

Richard K. Perrin

Date of this Version

2-11-2009

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published by the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Copyright 2009 Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

The corn ethanol industry is in the pits, with plants being idled and firms declaring bankruptcy. Not only that, but each month seems to bring a new study assailing corn ethanol because it doesn’t help the environment, or it doesn’t reduce dependence on foreign oil, or it drives up food prices, or it is harmful to health.

Share

COinS