作者： Sean Handerhan
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摘要: In recent years, it has been common to see the words “may contain up 10% ethanol” posted on fuel pumps at gas stations. Since 1980’s, companies have adding ethanol regular gasoline (referred simply as “gasoline” for remainder of this proposal) in fixed proportions supposedly reduce usage, increase performance, and allow cars other devices that make use internal combustion engines produce less emissions their exhaust [1]. There are now even federal government regulations mandate addition order preserve environment by lowering preserving fossil stores [2]. While there definitely some benefits gasoline, my opinion is does more harm than good. Ethanol takes a lot energy produce, many critics suggest not yield enough warrant worth producing first place. Additionally, mostly derived from corn, major food staple United States rest world. This would be problem except due famine, over-harvesting over-use corn occurred over past decade (between years 2055 2065) States, supplies running low—lower they ever history. The steadily increasing amount being used an attempt reliant foreign nations’ fuels, which decreases can food. To put bluntly, because such so things we eat daily basis chief feed grain livestock cattle swine, means potentially verge out much heated debate what do with still left: harvest ourselves our people starve, or synthesize will remain independent its needs. As senior president USDA Engineering Consulting Department, I like propose implementation former these two options, form temporarily decrease production across country. Both options own fallbacks, while could go into technicalities each option depth, think best way about presenting argument taking ethical approach; right, left needs when starving. According article Ethical Energy’s website, “We moral obligation to...use who really need nourishment” [3]. Maintaining independence indeed important, but nearly important lives citizens.