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Biofuel: corn isn't the king of this growing domain

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We fully agree with your Editorial 'Kill king corn' (Nature 449, 637 2007) that corn (maize) is not a good feedstock for biofuels for a host of environmental, economic and humanitarian reasons.

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    C. Ford Runge & Benjamin Senauer

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