Corn Abuse

I personally feel that corn as a crop is being abused when it is used as a fuel all over the country. Corn is basically a part of our diet and should be used only for that purpose. In spite of so many people going hungry all over the world, we use corn as a fuel, when we could have easily used it to feed a large number of mouths.

Most people who advocate the use of corn as a fuel don’t realize that a large amount of fossil fuel is spent for the production of corn and all the other processes connected with it. Sadly most people forget that corn, when used as a fuel actually generates more carbon dioxide than the other fuels used. We could also have converted the large amount of land used for growing corn into natural forestland. This will bring down the global warming problem to a very large extent.

We also use a large amount of water and fertilizers for growing corn thus using additional resources for its production. Thus water is being utilized at a very fast pace, while the soil is getting polluted too. I therefore feel that the corn crop should not be used to produce ethanol. Instead we can look forward to cleaner fuel like hydrogen or other derivatives to run our vehicles.