econ 312 If the demand for corn increases due to its use as an alternative energy source, what will happen to?

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 at 4:56 am  
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Assume that, besides being substitutes for one another, corn and soybeans require the same raw material, such as the same farm land. Think about whether farmers will use their soybean farms to produce more or less corn. Explain, in economic terms [e.g. supply determinants], why this is so.

What is your view on ethanol as an alternative energy source to petroleum? How do you best produce it?

Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 4:31 am  
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Ethanol is currently produced by fermentation of corn. There are other ways such as the fermentation of whole plants, like "switchgrass", a native North American grass. How ecology friendly is ethanol -- its use, it production by various methods?

how we gonna use biomass as an alternative energy when we are still lack of food like corn and sugar cane?

Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 4:35 pm  
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the world seems to have food crisis due to the unpredictable strange change of weather.the use of biomass as alternative energy seems advancing.how we gonna use the crop like corn and sugar cane when we are still lacking the crop for food.what we gonna do to balance the use of crop like sugar cane and corn for the biomass energy and for food?

when the oil crisis hits do you think wind farms and solar panels will do the trick?

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 5:00 pm  
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they say we have 40 years left in oil but they also warn that the reserves will slow down dramatically way before then, what will you think will happen if we are not prepared or have a viable alternative
ethanol is a joke it is already causing havoc with the price of corn

  
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