yeah, I read an article about corn a while back and the major problem is that they haven't figured out how to use the entire corn plant yet - the cellulose stalk doesn't break down easily so it takes more input energy than output to make it into fuel. If they could figure that out then it would be an option because we wouldn't be robbing usable supplies from other areas, we'd just be using the parts that get tossed anyways. I was reading about China's consumption of meat and how it's going to drive the market through the roof and I've been meaning to post about it. That would be another hit for the corn industry.

Gas up in Anchorage was comparable to home, it's the Kenai Peninsula that's ridiculous for prices. The only thing that's cheap here is salmon!