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minus-squareBartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoMeaning that in the US biofuels are a very inefficient way of giving corn growers subsidies. That’s why congress has supported various biofuel requirements.
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoworry not brazil, also gives subsidies to the ethanol industry here, in part because we want to more independent of oil imports
Meaning that in the US biofuels are a very inefficient way of giving corn growers subsidies. That’s why congress has supported various biofuel requirements.
worry not brazil, also gives subsidies to the ethanol industry here, in part because we want to more independent of oil imports