An interesting article about Oil Production

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Our food supply isn't the only factor with bio-fuels. We might need to keep making new farmland to keep up the supply of corn to both humans and bio-fuel and that can result in serious consequences.

Most of the studies show it can't happen. We will never be able to supply all our needs via bio fuel, corn or otherwise. We need a confluence of factors to make it happen. Bio fuel may even give us a lower return for the release of greenhouse gases and subsequent exchange of energy, i.e. more greenhouse gas per unit of bio fuel produced and used. Bio fuel is not a panacea. The US will not run out of food or corn because of the diversion of use to bio fuel. We may decrease exports but many other countries are increasing the production of grains like soy as well as corn to fend off shortages.