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well, as I said, the engineering says E85 is a bad idea.
the political consequences are that corn farmers are still getting subsidies, paid to not grow crops, and are making hoards of profits now that the speculators have driven the prices through the roof........
If you are going to convert to a different fuel--agriculture based, you must put into production land that is either idle or not easily farmed. You do not want to interrupt the normal level of grain (foodstuff) production for the sake of fuel production.
as for widespread availability, that remains to be seen. Here in the Houston metro area, there is pretty much one source--HEB grocery stores that offer fuel sales.
Doesn't say much for E85 use.......
The rest of the food price run-up is due to the cost of diesel fuel (Ag equipment and trucking) and chemical fertilizers.....
--R
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