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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (61651)	4/24/2008 9:17:03 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 544315

Bob - No, I haven't read or listened to Coxe. I wonder about the effect of biofuel production on overall grain production. How much land is really being converted from growing rice to growing corn? I wouldn't think any, since rice paddies and cornfields aren't even remotely alike. Farmers might choose to produce corn instead of wheat, maybe, if corn prices are better. I do know that new farmland, specifically for the production of corn for ethanol, is being created by further devastating the Amazon rain forest, which is of course a huge tragedy. - Allen