Futures Magazine reports that a significant number of smaller ethanol plants have recently filed for bankruptcy or been scrapped before completion, thanks to rising corn and energy prices. Apparantly part of the problem is that farmers contracted to feedstock can't really do ...

  There has been yet another study that has concluded that corn-based ethanol is bad news from a variety of angles. To quote the summary, The study looked at factors such as the energy needed to produce a renewable fuel source compared with how much energy is produced, the impact on soil fertility and effects on food supply when fuels ...

 If you are interested in ethanol's impact on the environment, you might want to get a copy of the latest Science magazine. I haven't seen it yet. Our local library doesn't seem to get copies until about a week after it's published. But the Wall Street Journal apparently has already received its copy. Here is part of what they said about some ...