alt.energy.renewable

Anthony Matonak wrote:

> 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.

And the ADM compnay profits nicely.

Graham