Corn

As the war in Ukraine drags on the threat of food shortages grow larger, especially for people who live in Africa. Much of this shortage could be made up by US corn production if they just stopped using forty percent of the corn crop for ethanol. To add insult to injury the US Dept of Energy found that ethanol is 24% more carbon intensive than gasoline due to emissions resulting from land use changes to grow corn, along with processing and combustion. The belief that corn ethanol helps solve the problem of climate change is mindful of those who believe that wind and solar are good for the environment. These people mean well but they are misguided and like those who years ago opposed nuclear power, they need to look deeper into the issue. But alas the real goal here is social change not climate change.