Corn to Power Airplanes? Biden Administration Sets a High Barwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz silence7 ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) M Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 5 months ago message-square5fedilinkarrow-up111
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minus-square silence7 ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) OPlinkfedilink13•5 months agoWe’re actually giving about half the US corn crop to cars already. The other half goes to animals, with a rounding error going to people. I also recommend reading the article: the policy makes it difficult to get a subsidy to convert corn into jet-a fuel
minus-square MtnPoo ( @MtnPoo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI saw the part about it being hard to get the subsidy. Sounds like it’s happening anyway.
We’re actually giving about half the US corn crop to cars already. The other half goes to animals, with a rounding error going to people.
I also recommend reading the article: the policy makes it difficult to get a subsidy to convert corn into jet-a fuel
I saw the part about it being hard to get the subsidy. Sounds like it’s happening anyway.