Ethanol Rush

[...] "Once considered the green dream of the environmentally sensitive, ethanol has become the province of agricultural giants that have long pressed for its use as fuel, as well as newcomers seeking to cash in on a bonanza."

[...] "A few agricultural economists and food industry executives are quietly worrying that ethanol, at its current pace of development, could strain food supplies, raise costs for the livestock industry and force the use of marginal farmland in the search for ever more acres to plant corn."

For Good or Ill, Boom in Ethanol Reshapes Economy of Heartland, di ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, The New York Times, 25 giugno 2006