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Up, up, and away: corn edition
Corn hits a new record -- $6 a bushel |
Joseph Romm |
06 Apr 2008 |
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| At the end of February, I blogged on a Fortune article that had the subhead 'The ethanol boom is running out of gas as corn prices spike.' That article noted: Spurred by an ethanol plant construction binge, corn prices have gone stratospheric, soaring from below $2 a bushel in 2006 to over $5.25 a bushel today. As a result, it's become difficult for ethanol plants to make a healthy profit, even with oil at $100 a barrel. Just six weeks later, we have an AP article ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, Department of Agriculture, energy, food (all these topics) |
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