http://www.froginawell.net/china/2007/09/take-grain-as-the-key-link/ The China History Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:35:30 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2007/09/take-grain-as-the-key-link/comment-page-1/#comment-66046 Cindy Luk Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:05:37 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2007/09/take-grain-as-the-key-link/#comment-66046 But the demand for meat has been rising gradually in China since the reform, while the price of corn sky rocked lately. So ethanol really does seem the culprit. But the demand for meat has been rising gradually in China since the reform, while the price of corn sky rocked lately. So ethanol really does seem the culprit.

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2007/09/take-grain-as-the-key-link/comment-page-1/#comment-65664 Jonathan Dresner Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:13:24 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2007/09/take-grain-as-the-key-link/#comment-65664 I'm not convinced by the anti-ethanol narratives, at least not in isolation: for one thing, ethanol production just hasn't risen that fast. Rising demands for food -- especially higher-cost meats -- in China and India have ramped up demand for all kinds of grain, but feed corn in particular. I’m not convinced by the anti-ethanol narratives, at least not in isolation: for one thing, ethanol production just hasn’t risen that fast. Rising demands for food — especially higher-cost meats — in China and India have ramped up demand for all kinds of grain, but feed corn in particular.

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