Ethanol by the numbers

Food into fuel
Almost 95 percent of the ethanol produced in the United States comes from corn.
Photo: BananaStock

Reporter Nikki Tundel put together a numerical portrait of ethanol, a fuel whose production has increased 300 percent since the year 2000.

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