alt.energy.renewable

Tom wrote:
> I may be missing something here, but why use corn for ethanol production and
> not sugar beet?
>
> Here in the UK sugar cane will not grow, but thousands of acres of sugar
> beet is grown (mostly for cattle feed)
>
> Why not use sugar beet for ethanol production?

Here in the United States they grow a lot more corn than they can ever
sell. I agree that it's not the best crop to make into fuel but if
you've got lots of it sitting around spoiling, you might as well do
something with it.

Anthony