Prospectus
It is a well known fact that the oil we use to fuel our cars is running out at an extreme rate, and that America needs to find an alternative energy source to fuel our cars. A recent alternative that is very popular is using ethanol made from corn to fuel our cars. Using a renewable resource like corn to fuel our cars sounds like a brilliant idea since it would lessen our reliability on countries in the Middle East for oil, and it would give us an alternative when fossil fuels run out. However, a closer look at this subject reveals that using ethanol to fuel our cars is not as good as it sounds. Even though corn and ethanol are not fossil fuels, the machinery made to grow the corn and then turn it into ethanol burn fossil fuels. Also, the increase in demand for corn this is causing is severely increasing the price of corn. America is also using a large portion of it’s corn crop for ethanol. By conducting further research on this topic, I hope to come to a conclusion as to whether or not using ethanol is a viable alternative in America’s search for different ways to fuel our automobiles. Methods used to gather information on this subject will include magazine articles, scholarly journals, and editorials.
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