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Nature 444, 673-676 (7 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/444673a; Published online 6 December 2006
US biofuels: A field in ferment
Katharine Sanderson1
- Katharine Sanderson writes on the physical sciences for Nature.
Abstract
To move US biofuels beyond subsidized corn will be a challenge, reports Katharine Sanderson.
Critics of the US ethanol industry have long derided it as an environmentally questionable subsidy to Mid-western farmers that simply serves a transparently political purpose. Voters in Iowa, the buckle in the US corn belt, get first say in the process of choosing presidential candidates.
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