Should corn ethanol be used as a fuel? Alternative energy is now the global race. When the space race ended and the nuclear arms race died down, alternative energy became the race of the ages. In today's society, with today's technology there are all kinds of forms of alternative energy. These energies include hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, nuclear and much more. With all these variations of alternative energy the question now becomes: which form is best to use? Are any of them safe? Which could actually solve the world's depleting energy crisis? Of course, the country that is able to produce clean and efficient energy; that country would become the new world power practically overnight. With today's technology, should we turn to food/corn as our primary source of energy? Given the amount of resources the world as a whole has access to, why use corn as a fuel source? Some would say that countries like the United States have an overabundance of food products. Logically, countries that have an excessive surplus of food MUST have enough to make a dent in the rapidly rising costs of oil and gasoline. Unfortunately, this is a misconception. To produce enough corn to fuel the global economy it is important to analyze what this actually means for farmers and the government, not to mention the actual food supply. To produce corn ethanol, we must first grow abundant corn. Simple right? Wrong, corn is very good draining for the soil it is grown in, which, in short, means that corn growers should rotate their corn planting with something that will replenish the soil's nutrients. Unfortunately, this takes time and money. The task would be… half of the paper… I will undoubtedly become the world leader. Works Cited Cushman, Lynd, Nichols, Wyman. “Ethanol Fuel from Cellulosic Biomass.” Science. March 1991. Vol 251 (4999):1321Fargione, Hawthorne, Hill, Polasky, Tilman. “Deforestation and the Carbon Debt of Biofuels.” Science. February 2008. Vol 319 (5967):1235Lof, George. “Solar Energy: An Infinite Source of Clean Energy.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. Vol 410:52 Stauffer, Nancy. “MIT ethanol analysis confirms benefits of biofuels.” Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. January 2007.Tyner, Wallace. “The Ethanol and Biofuel Boom in the United States: Its Origins, Current Status, and Future Prospects.” Bioscience. August 2008. Vol 58 (7):646Voegele, Erin. “Flint Hills Resources to Acquire Georgia Ethanol Plant.” Ethanol Producers Journal. September 8, 2014