May 25, 2016 ... The revisionist effort to increase the percentage of ethanol blended with U.S. ...  corn for fuel and how it inevitably leads to higher prices for this staple food crop.  ... As for the environmental costs of increased corn production, they ... one that  will only increase if we add even more ethanol to our gasoline.
Apr 1, 2009 ... fuel. However, ethanol's effect on future food price infla- tion is uncertain ... prices.  In contrast, increases in the supply of corn from cultivating more ... increased  production of ethanol would have added less than $75 million in ...
Sep 12, 2018 ... Government raises ethanol price for blending in petrol by 25% ... C-heavy  molasses, and damaged food grains/other sources, in that order," he ...
Jan 2, 2019 ... But recent factors have slowed food price inflation. ... You can expect high gas  prices about six weeks after an increase in oil futures. ... Between 2001 and 2007 , high oil prices added 40 percent to the cost of growing corn, wheat, and ...  America now uses 40 percent of its corn crop to make ethanol.
Apr 20, 2014 ... The grain required to fill a 25-gallon gas tank with ethanol can feed one person  for ... In 2007, the global price of corn doubled as a result of an explosion in  ethanol ... Additional unintended effects from the increase in ethanol ...
Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."