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Article: Corn ethanol: setting straight a misguided attempt to free the United States from foreign oil.
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- Houston Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- March 22, 2009
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I. INTRODUCTION TO AMERICA'S OBSESSION WITH CORN
II. THE SCIENCE OF ETHANOL
III. HISTORY AND OVERVIEW OF ETHANOL PROGRAMS IN
THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL
A. U.S. Ethanol Program
B. Brazilian Ethanol Program
1. History
2. Lessons Learned from the Brazilian Experience.
IV. UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL SUBSIDIES IN THEIR
VARIOUS FORMS--THE KEY TO MEANINGFUL REFORM
A. Federal Support--No Subsidy Left Behind
1. Price Support By Way of the VEETC
2. Feedstock Subsidies--Corn Growers and the
Right to Farm
3.Tariffs--The Indirect Subsidy
B. The Unintended Consequences of Ethanol
1. ...
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Article: Commentary: Letter to the editor: Ethanol program ...
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... ... ethanol from corn increases oil consumption. The ethanol program, among others, is a product of financial contributions ... crisis. This means, among other things, that the ethanol program should be abandoned. - Edwin Kessler, Norman
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