Children of the Corn Shortage

A revealing look at cost of biofuels.

"Look at it this way: It takes 510 pounds of corn to make 13 gallons of ethanol—that amount could 'feed a child in Zambia or Mexico for a year,' while it fuels your car only for a week! "

And another point in Maverick McCain's favor:

"What is maddening about this is that the biofuel effort is fueled by politicians handing out massive subsidies to the farm belt and pandering to glassy-eyed environmentalists. Every presidential hopeful who participated in the Iowa caucuses had to sing the praises of ethanol. That is why John McCain stayed away, because he opposes the subsidies."